From: Destinee Udelhoven <destineekae@hotmail.com> Subject: =?utf-8?B?TXQgSG9yZWIncyBEcmlmdGxlc3MgSGlzdG9yaXVtIDNEIEtpb3NrIEZlYXR1?= =?utf-8?B?cmVkIGluIE5hdGlvbmFsIFRydXN0IEZvcnVtIEpvdXJuYWzCoPCfjJ8=?= Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 09:53:48 +0000 Message-ID: <BL0PR04MB505913C76A50784DF6C26C3FA1090@BL0PR04MB5059.namprd04.prod.outlook.com>
Driftless Historium Virtual Reality Kiosk
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Soon, visitors to Mount Horeb's Driftless Historium will be able to take a virtual stroll through three buildings (pictured below), each carefully chosen for their resonance with local history and laudable structural integrity:
(1) The iconic Norway Building of the long-running Little Norway outdoor museum, that lie nestled in a Blue Mounds valley for over 80 years.
(2) Brunsveen Barn, located in the nearby Town of York, built in 1883 using the “hanging barn” technique and used for dairying continuously through the 1970s.
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Norway Building
Blue Mounds, WI
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Brunsveen Barn
Town of York, WI
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Springdale Lutheran
Mt Horeb, WI
(3) Springdale Lutheran Church, a classically constructed house of worship erected in 1895 to serve the Norwegians of Springdale and Blue Mounds. The current steeple is a copy of the original designed by prolific carpenter Aslak Lie—which can now be seen on display in the Historium’s permanent exhibit.
The Norway Building’s impending journey home to Orkdal, Norway (where it was constructed in 1893 for the World’s Fair) and the related intense press coverage spurred the start of this project in 2015. This fascinating story caught the attention of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery’s Living Environments Laboratory (or LEL—now the Virtual Environments Group), located on the UW-Madison campus. Systems Programmer Ross Tredinnick reached out to MHAHS, who then facilitated permissions for the project between LEL and Little Norway owners Scott and Jennifer Winner. The Winners graciously agreed to allow the three-dimensional scanning of the building, and Scott later narrated a historical overview to accompany the virtual simulation.
A generous grant from the Raymond & Margaret Vicker Charitable Trust, awarded in 2017, allowed MHAHS to contract with LEL for an additional two building scans (the barn and church) that LEL will soon addto the existing 3D visitor kiosk located in the Historium’s lower level.
Once LEL incorporates the Rare Earth barn and Springdale Lutheran Church data, Historium visitors will be able to navigate through one or all three built environments, with historical context provided by optional narrations.
(Of note: Rare Earth Farm owner Charles Bauer, who, with his partner Charles Beckwith, has watched over this beautiful property for 40+ years, voices the barn history, while Sue Bakken, Council President, provides the Springdale Lutheran Church historical narrative.
This project has garnered much attention for MHAHS.
LEL and MHAHS staff collaborated on an article published in the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Forum Journal Spring 2018 edition (Vol. 32, No. 1), which features the theme “Technology Transforming Preservation”—a publication distributed nationally to all NTHP members.
In addition, MHAHS Director Destinee Udelhoven will serve as a session presenter at the Wisconsin Historical Society’s 2018 Local History & Historic Preservation Conference in Elkhart Lake, WI on Saturday, October 22, where she will be sharing her experiences on this virtual journey along with LEL’s Ross Treddinnick.
The “Virtual Tour of Mount Horeb” exhibit kiosk is accessible to all admission-paying visitors and MHAHS members during the Driftless Historium’s public hours (Wednesday-Sunday, 10:00a.m. to 4:00p.m., with regular Tuesday hours beginning September 4.)
For more information, call (608) 437-6486.
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Mount Horeb Area Historical Society
100 S 2nd St
Mount Horeb, WI 53572
(608) 437-6486
www.mthorebhistory.org
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