Working Belmont
Explore the people and labor behind Belmont through the tools, objects and stories of everyday life on the estate.
Proposed cabinet display on the second-floor mezzanine. Conceptual rendering. Final design subject to change.
The Work Behind the Estate
A cabinet on the second-floor mezzanine would display objects from different kinds of work on the estate. Visitors could handle reproductions and discover the stories behind their use.
How an object would tell a story
When a visitor touches a reproduction → A digital storyteller appears and shares how the object was used
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① Tools of the Trade
Agricultural tools, cooking implements and natural specimens would show the range of work that kept the estate running.
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② Stories of Belmont’s Workers
Touching a reproduction would activate an imagined digital character who shares a story about the object and its use.