Smithsonian Anyang Exhibit

A show-stopping collection of digital experiences, for a very special centennial exhibition.

In 2023, the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Asian Art was celebrating their centennial anniversary with a collection of programming to mark both their rich history as a cultural institution and their future as an innovative, digitally-enabled museum. A central showpiece was “Anyang China’s Ancient City of Kings”, a fifteen-month long special exhibition dedicated to sharing the museums collection of Shang Dynasty artifacts; including bronzes, jades, ceramic and jade artefacts. All of these objects are believed to have come from Anyang, one of China’s most important and longest running archeological sites with which the museum has a special connection. The museum wanted this exhibit to embrace new ways of engaging museum visitors, and so we were tasked with collaborating closely with the shows curators, and the museum team to create three different activations for the show: Anyang Underground, Life in the City & Hidden Dragons AR.