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Sasha Boni Hoffman and Jeri Wieringa prepare to talk about PressForward.

The PressForward team gets ready.
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There are days when the HVAC system on Research 1's roof makes the big room at CHNM shake,. The video shows the Monday bagel bag shaking with some force on the table near the bank of windows in the big room.

The Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University is developing new approaches to online collecting of history with a particular focus on the problem of documenting a historical subject that has few central archives and institutions: open source. With Mozilla’s cooperation, a new Firefox Digital Memory Bank will become a centerpiece of our recently launched Open Source Historical Archive (http://opensourcearchive.org/), CHNM’s larger effort to collect, preserve, and analyze…

The CHNM 3D printer printing its first print. A bolt and nut.

At the CHNM Holiday Party, Amanda French claims a pair of gloves for herself as part of the white elephant gift exchange.

A re-creation of PT Barnum’s American Museum as a lens into mid-19th century New York City and antebellum America. The Lost Museum website offers visitors a visualization and spacial interpretation of this extraordinary institution as well as an innovative way to learn and teach about the many issues and events of the period. This project grew from a proposal for a CD-ROM project called Landscapes in Time that aimed to provide a dense portrait of a particular time and single place as a…

Chris Preperato filming Ford's Theatre Oratory Fellows program

The strength of history museums lies in their collections, their objects. But students and teachers often lack the skills to make sense of historical objects, to analyze them closely and tease out their larger historical significance. Many students aren’t even in a position to visit a museum, making it even more difficult for them to engage in close analysis of historical objects. The Object of History, which will be developed by the Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason…

When the Center moved to Research 1, there was room for large group work spaces like the original "table." RRCHNM now has many large open work areas for working, meeting, and eating lunch.

Pictured at the table (l-r): Ken Albers, Kris Kelly, Jeremy Boggs, Heather Velez, and Jim Safley.