George Washington Headquarters
Morristown Discover History Center

Turning history into a hands-on experience

Perfect Prototype was tasked with creating historical exhibits that are fun and entertaining for children, but are also educational. At the George Washington Headquarters’ Discover History Center, visitors are able to explore these immersive, interactive exhibits and have hands-on, multimedia experiences.

Multi-touch Interactive Touch Mural
Explore, zoom, touch and discover the three phases of George Washington’s troop camp: from cutting the forest to building the encampments to the aftermath, this interactive brings the historical mural illustrations to life. Each visitor gets their own lens to inspect the mural in fine detail. Touch a hotspot and learn more, then fling it over to a friend! How many points of interest can you find?
This map exhibit was built using Unity.

Choose your own outcomes
Put yourself in the general’s shoes and make the tough choices that the Continental Army had to make. Should you attack Charleston or New York? Or wait for the French? Can you procure enough supplies for the army without losing the support of the merchants? Would you support the Americans or the British if you were a farmer? A Banker? A Slave?
Three interactives put the visitor in control of their fate while teaching them along the way.

Light up map of Morristown
Old school technologies controlled by BrightSign players are used to visually tell the story of Morristown in a way that is highly interactive for guests. Visitors activate lights on a wall-size map depending on their selections made on a touchscreen device.

Timeline of a Revolution
An 8 Brightsign player exhibit that puts events of the Revolutionary War in a larger context.