Umatilla Gold: The History of Wheat in Umatilla County

This exhibit located in the Heritage Station Museum in Pendleton, Oregon tells the story of wheat farming in the Umatilla region. It features graphics on many complex panels in a variety of shapes and sizes, murals, countertops, and interactive components such as touchscreens, flip-books, spinners, and sliding panels. As Production Artist I was involved in laying out the content to fit into this wide array surfaces while following style guides and ensuring readability. Once the design phase was completed I worked to produce all files according to vendor specifications based on which materials were being used in the finished pieces. The following pieces are a small sample of work I did on this project.

This selection of graphic panels shows my layout and production work. Click to enlarge and read more.

Photo editing and quality control on images was a huge part of this project. There was a large quantity of
historic photos which needed to be enlarged and retouched. Some images were even “hand-colored” digitally
for added interest. The mural-sized graphic below features a historic hand-colored photo. The viewer can read additional information displayed on two reader rail graphics in the foreground, and view the artifacts which are represented here by the dotted outlines.

This landing screen and navigation screen are part of an interactive touchscreen exhibit mounted into a countertop graphic panel.

A flip-book mounted to a countertop graphic panel provides another interactive experience for museum visitors. Click through the images below to view several spreads from this book which gives a history of local flour mills.