DISCOVERY

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   Federated search across seven content types

   One search field reaches exhibits, events, stories, collections, threads, programs, and shop products in a single index. Threads — named editorial throughlines that bind the institution — are how visitors arrive at the rest.

   Search the Society →

   Open search · Mill Creek thread

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   Mill Creek — the cross-property editorial layer

   One archive, three buildings, named editorial throughlines binding them. The Mill Creek thread cites a Museum exhibition, a Library photographic collection, an AAHI collecting initiative, a walking tour, and a Juneteenth roundtable — on one URL.

   Read the Mill Creek thread →
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   Mill Creek, in three dimensions

   The exhibit page carries an opt-in immersive scene: a wireframe-fidelity 3D reconstruction of Mill Creek Valley before demolition. Reduced-motion visitors get a storyboard fallback; the Three.js bundle only loads on click.

   Open the Mill Creek exhibit →
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   Collections, federated from utils.mohistory.org

   Maps, manuscripts, periodicals, photographs, and the papers of a city — federated from 200,000 records at utils.mohistory.org. Every fixture in this wireframe carries its real permalink back to the source record.

   Browse collections →

   Sample record · Sibley correspondence, 1843 Free Negro Bond

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   Stories — the editorial back catalogue

   Long-form journalism, curator essays, and oral-history excerpts in the Society's voice. Each story is taggable into a thread, so the archive and the editorial layer keep speaking to each other.

   Read the stories →
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   Ask the assistant — with real citations

   Press the chat icon in the bottom-right and ask 'Tell me about Mill Creek.' The assistant answers with numbered citations that link to real wireframe URLs — threads, records, programs — so every claim is verifiable from the conversation.

   Try the assistant on the home page →

MAKE IT YOURS

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   Build a research paper from the archive

   Researchers can pin records to a working draft as they browse — citations, notes, and an export draft. Storage is localStorage in the wireframe; the production wiring is named (Blackbaud/Aeon).

   Open the paper builder →
2. 08

   Museum Shop, federated from Shopify

   Twenty real products harvested from the Museum Shop's public Shopify storefront — Gateway Magazine, Bissinger's, the AAHI book — render as a native section of the site, with a federated bag that round-trips to Shopify-hosted checkout.

   Visit the Museum Shop →
3. 09

   Learn — a working quiz surface

   Education programs need digital primers. The Mill Creek Basics quiz demonstrates the format: branching feedback, accessibility built-in, and a results screen that surfaces the next thing to read.

   Take the Mill Creek quiz →

VISIT & SUPPORT

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   Plan a visit — itinerary across all three properties

   Add events to a lightweight itinerary that spans the Museum, Memorial, and Library. Open it from the utility bar; the count chip reflects the in-progress plan.

   Browse events →
2. 11

   Membership — four tiers, pricing-page format

   Four annual tiers in a single horizontal row with one marked MOST POPULAR. Membership keeps general admission free at all three properties and underwrites the collecting initiatives.

   Compare membership tiers →
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   Library — a genealogy starter path

   The Library's voice is studious, archival, exact. The genealogy starter is the entry surface for the most common reading-room request: how do I begin a family-history search using the Society's holdings?

   Start a genealogy project →
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   Accessibility, named and accounted for

   Skip links, visible focus rings, AA contrast, reduced-motion baselines, semantic landmarks, and accessibility badges on every event. The commitments are enumerated on one page so the committee can audit them in one read.

   Read the accessibility statement →
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   Integration slots — every third-party seam, named

   Every place the wireframe meets a production system — CRM, donations, ticketing, email, collections, search — is marked with a bracketed slot. Real vendor shortlists are named so the committee can read the production wiring at a glance.

   See the integration map →