This virtual tour provides a lens into how the built environment may have been experienced by the enslaved people who lived and labored at the Gallier Historic House between its completion in 1860 and the end of the Civil War in 1865. In particular, the tour follows the day-to-day life of Laurette, ladies’ maid and nursemaid to the Gallier family.
Timeline for Completion & Feedback Survey
Shifting Landscapes is an ongoing project to develop a full, Panoramic 360 virtual tour of the Gallier Historic House interpreted from the perspective of the enslaved people that lived and labored on the property and how they may have experienced the built environment. The current version of the tour available to the public is an exploratory version: it features Panoramic 360 images of four locations on the property supplemented by 2D stills, exploring a selection of the primary work and living spaces of the enslaved people at the Gallier House in the early 1860s. The full version is anticipated to be completed sometime in late 2023 or early 2024.
As we continue to develop this project, we greatly appreciate the feedback of our virtual visitors! Please consider completing the following survey so that we can learn from it as we work towards the completion of the full version of the Shifting Landscapes tour. The survey should take around 5 minutes to complete.
Credits
The Shifting Landscapes: Labor and Mobility in New Orleans virtual tour was created by the Hermann-Grima + Gallier Historic Houses (HGGHH) staff together with 11 collaborating scholars and HULLFILM.
Project Directors: Dr. Anastacia Scott and Dr. Amy Katherine Medvick.
Executive Director: Tessa Jagger.
Curator and Editor: Katie Burlison.
All image capture and digital assembly by Brandon Hull of HULLFILM.
Additional website assistance by Nathan duToit.
All texts written by Katie Burlison, Dr. Amy Katherine Medvick, Tessa Jagger and the collaborating scholars:
Dr. Bryan Carter, Director, Center for Digital Humanities, University of Arizona
Dr. Louis P. Nelson, Vice Provost for Academic Outreach, Professor of Architectural History, University of Virginia
Dr. Arijit Sen, Associate Professor, Architecture and Urban Studies, Affiliated with Department of History, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee.
Dr. Clifton Ellis, Elizabeth Sasser Professor of Architectural History, College of Architecture, Texas Tech University
Mr. Leon A. Waters, Historian, Publisher, Social Activist, and Manager of Hidden History LLC.
Dr. Leslie M. Harris, Professor of History and African American Studies, Department of History, Northwestern University.
Dr. Dell Upton, Distinguished Professor of Architectural History, Department of Art History, University of California, Los Angeles.
Dr. Erin M. Greenwald, Vice President of Public Programs and Editor-in-Chief, 64 Parishes Magazine, Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.
Dr. Fallon Samuels Aidoo, Assistant Professor of Real Estate & Historic Preservation, School of Architecture, Tulane University.
Ms. Brook Tesler, Executive Director of VCC Foundation and Founding Principal & Architectural Historian of Tesler Preservation Consulting
Dr. Walter D. Greason, DeWitt Wallace Professor of History and Chair, Department of History, Macalester College.
Acknowledgements
The Shifting Landscapes: Labor and Mobility in New Orleans virtual tour has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH): Democracy demands wisdom.
Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this tour do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.