Cleveland Cultural Gardens

At long last, we have incorporated the Cultural Gardens into Cleveland Historical (http://app.mobilehistorycleveland.org/), the smartphone application that was developed by the Center for Public History + Digital Humanities.  Available for Apple iPhones, iTouches, and viewable on your iPad, our team produced great text, located photographs, and included oral history audio. We will be conducting more oral histories this spring and adding more content, including panoramic movies with descriptive narratives. Additionally, version 2 of Cleveland Historical will be available in March with improved functionality that includes social media connectivity (i.e. Facebook and Twitter), as well as more formal tour functionality.  This should add a new dimension to visitors Garden experience and is a great outgrowth of our efforts at the Center to study and promote the Gardens.

Additionally, I would note my essay on the history of the Cultural Gardens is now available in the Winter 2011 issue of the Journal of Social History; if you’d like a PDF copy, email me at m.tebeau@csuohio.edu; I’d be happy to send you a copy.