Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience

The new Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience (MSJE) recently welcomed visitors to their four galleries with over 4,000 artifacts, which explore the relationship between Jews and Southern communities in the United States. Cortina Productions designed, produced, and installed seven interactive exhibits for the new museum in New Orleans, LA. Multimedia exhibits enable visitors to build deeper connections to exhibit content and encourage reflection and learning. Galleries feature topics from “Immigration to the American South” and “Jews in Southern Culture” to “Foundations of Judaism” to help advance MSJE’s mission of promoting understanding and recognition of the Jewish experience in the Southern States.

TEAM
Media Design & Production by Cortina Productions
Exhibit Design by Gallagher and Associates
Fabrication and Hardware Integration by Solomon Group

AWARDS
2021 SEMC Exhibition Competition – Gold
2021 SEMC Technology Competition – Gold – “Community Quilt Interactive”

Project Highlights

7 Interactives

The Foundations of Judaism interactive video wall is a fun and visually engaging experience that invites visitors to learn about the traditions of Judaism, including Jewish holidays and the Yiddish language.

The Community Quilt interactive invites visitors to create a custom quilt square modeled on the museum’s quilt artifact from the Jewish Ladies’ Sewing Circle of 1885.

The State by State interactive allows visitors to explore the museum archive collection and family legacy stories of museum donors through a map navigation.