NYC Department of Records & Information Services Digital Exhibit

Astound Media led the strategy, architecture, and implementation of a public-facing digital exhibit for the NYC Department of Records & Information Services celebrating 400 years of New York City history. The NYC DORIS digital exhibit transforms primary government archival records into an accessible, modern, and performance-conscious WordPress experience built for long-term public use.

A critical part of the project involved helping DORIS turn a large and varied collection of archival material into a structured digital experience. We developed the content templates and organizational framework used to catalog and prepare individual exhibits, establishing a consistent system for titles, descriptions, archival media, thematic categories, supporting information, and other content required for implementation. This provided a practical bridge between the archival source material and the website architecture, allowing hundreds of years of historical records to be organized consistently for the digital exhibit.

Our work balanced archival accuracy, accessibility compliance, performance constraints, and scope discipline while coordinating with archivists and city stakeholders. We owned the system end to end, including content architecture, accessibility implementation, media handling, performance optimization, and governance workflows.

The result is a durable NYC DORIS digital exhibit that makes New York City’s history discoverable and usable while giving DORIS a structured framework for managing and presenting archival content over the long term.