Paths into the pastCome explore
Demonstrations
Follow your curiosity into the past. Turn through old newspapers and discover the hopes and questions tucked between the headlines, or walk through a museum of Viking runestones and learn to read them.
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American Stories
Behind the headlines were familiar questions. How should we live? Who can we trust? What do we owe our neighbors?
Turn through time, lift a clipping from the reading table, and step into the small stories of a country in conversation.
Step into the storiesBased on our experiment What the Papers Held
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Viking Runestones
Who raised these stones? Meet the sixteen runes the Vikings carved, and find out why one rune could stand for several sounds.
Walk through five halls: crack a rune lock, spell a name by ear, teach a toy machine, trap a copycat, and raise a runestone of your own.
Enter the museumBased on our experiment Raise a Stone, coming soon