The Sequoyah Birthplace Museum honors the Cherokee, Sequoyah, who invented a writing system for his tribe in the early 1800s. Located near the site of Sequoyah’s birth, this 4,000 permanent exhibition uses interactive exhibits, a multimedia object theater show and five additional, bilingual audiovisual programs to convey the story.
Thank you for creating a wonderful exhibit.”
– Jeff Chapman, Board Member, Friends of Sequoyah
The team developed an Interpretive Plan for the project and developed the design and content in consultation with Cherokee language-speakers and Cherokee scholars, to be sure that text and scripts and translations resonated culturally with both Cherokees and non-Cherokees, and linguistically with both Cherokee speakers and English speakers. Tactile elements were incorporated to address varied learning styles.
The Henley Company’s responsibilities included interpretive planning and exhibit design; original subject and image research: writing, vetting, and editing of bilingual text, AV show scripts, and captions, hardware design, programming, and installation, supervision of fabrication and media production, and all installation and testing.
