Case Study: Roswell Museum Recreates a Lost Workshop as a Virtual Learning Experience with ThingLink

Roswell Museum recreates its workshop in 2 weeks with ThingLink

The Roswell Museum in New Mexico faced a catastrophic challenge after devastating floods in October 2024 destroyed its physical space, including the irreplaceable Robert H. Goddard Rocketry Collection. With the museum closed indefinitely and its collection inaccessible, there was an urgent need to digitally preserve and share its cultural heritage and educational resources with the public and educators. Educator C. Catalina Collins reached out with a proposal to use ThingLink to recreate the lost workshop as an interactive virtual experience.

Using the ThingLink platform, Collins independently designed and built an immersive, multi-sensory virtual tour of the destroyed workshop in just two weeks, without any prior technical training. The solution layered interactive elements like audio narration and information panels onto archive photos. The resulting ThingLink experience was highly engaging, preserved the museum's legacy, and expanded its educational reach globally. It was hosted on the museum's website, providing a permanent digital resource that supported learning and helped maintain public engagement during the closure.

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