08/27/2026
What does it mean to design an engagement with history? For architects, the answer may begin with massing or material. For experience designers, it may start with artifacts, media, and interpretation. For historians and civic leaders, it may hinge on memory and public perception.
At the Shockoe Institute, those perspectives meet around a more important question: 𝙬𝙝𝙮? From the start of the project, architecture, exhibition design, and institutional purpose converged around a shared ambition: helping people use the lessons of history to improve civic life.
Our latest article looks inside the collaboration that shaped the Shockoe Institute from shared purpose to visitor experience: https://www.baskervill.com/engaging-with-history-how-the-shockoe-institute-connects-design-and-dialogue-to-improve-civic-life/