IF THIS PLACE

COULD TALK...

ABOUT

OUR STORY

 
We’re the History Lab team: a transdisciplinary group of faculty and students using digital technologies to rethink the past. We’re historians, computer scientists, librarians, educators, and artists combining disciplines as we engage in innovative historical storytelling.

 
Person wearing a virtual reality headset
Projection mapping display
 

OUR

CURRENT PROJECT

 
The Visualizing Virginia Tech History project explores Virginia Tech’s hidden histories during the university’s 150th anniversary—and beyond. With support from the Council on VT History, we’re building projection mapping displays, digital exhibits, extended reality tours, and more. The project starts with a simple question: “If this place could talk, what could it tell us?”

EXPERIENCES

As the university commemorates its sesquicentennial in 2022, our work allows you to explore many layers of campus history using technologies such as projection mapping and Extended Reality.

 
 

EXHIBITS

History Lab's digital exhibits share Virginia Tech’s history in all its complexity—from its Land Grant origins, to Vietnam-era student protests, to Black community-building on campus.
 
PROTEST! CIVIL RIGHTS
AND VIETNAM
SOLITUDE: THE HEART OF VIRGINIA TECH HISTORY
HOKIE WOMEN OF COLOR : PROFILES IN ACHIEVEMENT
 
 

SHARE

YOUR STORY

 
Share your memories and pictures from your time on Virginia Tech's campus! Your memories will appear in the digital location-based archive HistoryPIN for current and future Hokies to enjoy.

 
 
A visitor sharing a picture of Williams Hall