Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center.

A large-scale permanent exhibit telling the stories of freedom seekers and abolitionists who crossed at Niagara. Project managed by our President.

The Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center sits on the site where freedom seekers crossed the Niagara River into Canada. Its permanent exhibit, One More River to Cross, anchors the center’s mission of connecting Underground Railroad history to contemporary stories of justice and freedom.

An immersive built environment

Visitors move through a sequence of scenes, not past a row of cases. A covered-bridge trestle. A clapboard depot. Projection-driven story moments. Interpretive layers and interactives across each space. The exhibit is built as a journey.

A clapboard depot-style exhibit feature with the message 'To enhance the freedom of others is to be free,' showing interpretive panels and a wayside reader.
A family seated on a wooden bench watching a projected video, with the headline 'I will fall forward in the fight for freedom' above the screen and interpretive graphics flanking the space.

Managed end to end

Our President project-managed this build, before co-founding ITW. She owned the schedule, the budget, and the production network across a multi-year engagement. Fabrication was handled through an outsourced partner under her direction. The exhibit opened on time and remains the center’s flagship experience.

A visitor at a touchscreen kiosk in front of a projected video on a brick wall, with the headline 'Freedom is gained by appreciating difference and finding common ground' above the screen.