Travel to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903, and experience the world’s first successful powered flight alongside Wilbur and Orville Wright. Created in partnership with AMD and curated with experts from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, FIRST combines meticulous historical research with immersive storytelling to recreate one of history’s defining moments.
Featured Projects
Witness the moment humanity first took flight.
Step beyond the pages of Anne Frank's diary.
Experience Anne Frank’s world through historically accurate recreations of the Secret Annex and pivotal moments from her life. Developed with historians and subject-matter experts, the project uses immersive storytelling to foster empathy, deepen historical understanding, and help new generations connect with Anne’s story.
Relive the climb that reached the top of the world.
Follow the historic 1953 British expedition that culminated in the first successful ascent of Mount Everest by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. Through meticulous research and immersive storytelling, EVEREST ’53 places audiences alongside one of the greatest achievements in the history of exploration.
Ex Libris: Immersive Museum of History
Witness history® like never before.
Explore the world’s first immersive museum dedicated entirely to history. Featuring historically accurate recreations developed alongside leading scholars and institutions, Ex Libris® invites visitors to experience the people, places, and moments that changed our world.
Additional Historical Recreations
Attempt the escape that captivated the world.
Journey to Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on June 11, 1962, and witness the daring escape of Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin. Follow one of history’s most famous prison breaks and decide for yourself whether they truly made it to freedom.
Be there when one of history's greatest masterpieces comes to life.
Take your place in Vienna, Austria, on May 7, 1824, for the premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Experience the debut of a masterpiece whose message of unity and hope continues to inspire audiences around the world.
Witness the discovery that unlocked the code of life.
Step into Cambridge, England, on February 28, 1953, as James Watson and Francis Crick unveil the double-helix structure of DNA, building upon the groundbreaking work of Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins. Experience the breakthrough that forever transformed biology, medicine, and genetics.
Witness the moment that transformed California forever.
Travel to Coloma, California, on January 24, 1848, and witness James W. Marshall’s discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill. Experience the moment that ignited the California Gold Rush, drew hundreds of thousands of fortune seekers westward, and forever reshaped the American frontier.
Witness the launch that opened the road to space.
Travel to Auburn, Massachusetts, on March 16, 1926, and witness Robert H. Goddard’s successful launch of the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket. Experience the breakthrough that laid the foundation for modern rocketry and the Space Age.
Witness the invention that changed the course of human knowledge.
Step into Mainz, Germany, circa 1450, and experience Johannes Gutenberg’s revolutionary invention of the movable-type printing press. Explore the breakthrough that transformed communication, accelerated the spread of ideas, and forever changed the course of human history.
Journey to freedom along the Underground Railroad.
Travel to Niagara Falls, NY on December 1st, 1856 as Harriet Tubman leads enslaved men and women along the Underground Railroad to freedom in Canada. Experience the courage, sacrifice, and determination that made Tubman one of history’s greatest conductors.
Experience the game that changed America.
Step into Brooklyn, New York, on April 15, 1947, as Jackie Robinson makes his historic Major League Baseball debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Witness a defining moment that transformed America’s pastime and advanced the struggle for civil rights.
Discover the woman who uncovered radioactivity.
Travel to Paris between 1898 and 1903 as Marie Curie pioneers the study of radioactivity alongside Pierre Curie. Experience the discoveries that earned her two Nobel Prizes and forever changed our understanding of science, medicine, and the atomic world.
Witness the quiet act that sparked a movement.
Board a Montgomery, Alabama city bus on December 1, 1955, and experience the moment Rosa Parks refused to surrender her seat. Discover how one courageous act of defiance helped ignite the modern Civil Rights Movement.