Public Outreach
Through GMI's work in numerous archaeological and historical studies, Our staff has gained significant experience in developing documents that are oriented to a non-technical audience. GMI recognizes the potential public relations/educational opportunities available in cultural resources projects. Products such as kiosks, building entrance display cases, free-standing exhibits, short brochures, interactive CD ROMs, websites and illustrated books provide companies and government agencies with a positive source of interest and public attention.
With on-staff expertise including historic archaeology, Cold War era studies, military history, Native American studies and archival research, Geo-Marine has the ability to create products which can demonstrate a company’s longevity, the history of a facility or property, the design and craftsmanship associated with a historic building or local archaeology. Our team has experience in:
- Heritage tourism concepts
- Museum exhibits and displays
- Documentary films and videos
- Reports, brochures, pamphlets, and books
- Public signage
- Web-based compliance documents
Awards
- Bronze Telly Award for Best Documentary Video of 1998
- E. Mott Davis Award for Excellence in Public Outreach
- Preservation Texas Award
Related Projects
Written Publication and Internet Web Page for NRHP-Listed Places Courthouses in GSA Region 7
GMI produced a pamphlet and an electronic web page describing GSA’s historic preservation program. The pamphlet and web page highlighted all 35 properties listed on the NRHP. GMI conducted site visits to numerous courthouses within Southwest Region 7 to obtain photographs and documentation of those buildings used in the pamphlet; existing information was used also. The web page is in an html format and is downloadable and printable.
Historical Study of Freedman’s Cemetery, 41DL316
GMI
was contracted to conduct several tasks that would complete Texas
Department of Transportation obligations under the Antiquities Code
of Texas (Antiquities Permit # 991) for investigations conducted at
Freedman’s Cemetery. GMI contracted to complete the analysis and to
develop a final product that was geared to public education and
outreach rather than just scientific research.
The remaining and new tasks contracted to GMI included:
- Interpreting and producing a technical report on the archaeological investigations
- Conducting archival research on and oral histories about Freedman’s Town
- Designing a museum exhibit, including a video, that could be used in a variety of locales for the African American Museum
- Preparing all artifacts, records, and photography for final curation at the African American Museum
- Editing and preparing the technical osteological report previously written by Southwestern University Medical School personnel
- Developing a number of educational materials for use by the museum
- Preparing a Master Plan that would include future educational, informational, and public outreach programs
- Developing a concept for a public-oriented book.
The work, though funded by TxDOT, was in cooperation with the local Dallas African American community and, in particular, Black Dallas Remembered and the African American Museum.
Randolph AFB Historical Studies, USACE, Fort Worth District
GMI conducted a multi-faceted historical study in preparation of the
50th anniversary of the USAF for Randolph AFB, San Antonio, Texas.
This project included video documentation of oral histories from
four U.S. Army Air Corps cadets who trained at the facility in the
1930s. Interview footage was both archived and incorporated into a
video documentary produced by Geo-Marine. This video received a
Bronze Telly Award in 1997 and has been nominated for a National
Oral History Association Award.