Museum
Evaluation Criteria:
*Teach Something
*Entertain
*Help people retain the knowledge
The museum will be centered around imigration and the conflicts / benifits it has created for America in general. One of overlying concepts of the Grand Theft Auto series is rags to riches, so this will be one section of the museum. Other sections will focus around the different cultures and where the most populous areas for them will be. Irish neighborhoods in the north east to spanish communities in the south and south-west. Another section will focus around the different foods from each culture, another will be about the facts and myths about race wars in big cities (eg. Irish vs Italians in Chicago).
Rockafeller, Patrick Kenedy, Madaline Albright and many others are notable imigrants that have gone from rags to riches. The Kenedy family has been noted as the closest american equivalency to royalty. At least, until they were all killed... This section of the museum will have displays and movies dedicated to the lives and stories of the most notable fufillers of the American Dream, no matter how "criminal" some of the acts may have been at the beginning. One of the main attractions will be an area where you are given a few dollars in museum bucks and told to come up with a way to create more money. The goal is to provide inspiration and ideas from the other people shown through the section in order to influence your way of thinking. A sort of mini business entrepreneur class.
Throughout the nation there are several areas that have become hotbeds for immigrant culture and neighborhoods. This has in tern created some forms of hostility between neighborhoods that have become to close. The major feature in this section is a series of interactive maps that will provide glowing areas for different sections of people, this provided by the most up to date census. Then when you add other types of people you can see where the colors blend together. When you click on this section a movie will come up displaying the notable interactions between the groups, be they good or bad.
The last section will be set aside for the local foods of different areas that have become mainstream parts of american culture. Things like chineese food, or the gyro wrap. It will also be able to help dispell some of the ideas that people have, pizza is actually an American creation by majorly italian imigrants, but was not brought over from italy. The pizza that was created in Italy has very little resemblence to our pizzas. This area will be broken into many different areas where people can try the different types of food in one place, something they may not be able to do anywhere else.
