anniversaries: san diego & the san diego history center
The year 2019 marked the 250th anniversary of the founding of contemporary San Diego and the 90th anniversary of the San Diego History Center.The Port of San Diego hosted a public commemoration on April 11, exactly 250 years after the first seaborne contingent of Spanish settlement arrived in the San Diego harbor. The City of San Diego partnered with the San Diego History Center to promote the event and develop a mini exhibition titled, Shaping 250 Years of San Diego: The Top 25 People, Events, and Developments that Made America’s Finest City. The History Center also established an Annual Giving Campaign prior the commemoration to celebrate the impacts of the San Diego’s role as the birthplace of California.
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Develop an educational timeline to be exhibited in the atrium of the San Diego History Center Museum to promote the 250th year of “America’s Finest City” and its commemoration. Raise money through San Diego History Center’s Annual Giving Campaign to ensure the progress to preserve the region’s history continues. Illustrate the various parts of the History Center and the impact the organization has on the community for donors.
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Shaping 250 Years of San Diego Mini Exhibition Design
8 Timeline Posters and Hand-out Flyers for the San Diego 250 Commemoration
Shaping 250 Years of San Diego Landing page
Annual Giving E-blast
Annual Giving Landing Page
Letterhead Template & Envelope
Fundraising Form
Double-Sided Infographic Insert
Copy Writer, Editor, & Educational Coordinator: Samantha Alberts
Graphic Design: Summer (Furzer) Brooks
Shaping 250 Years of San Diego Mini Exhibition
San Diego 250 Commemoration
A secondary version of the Shaping 250 Years of San Diego mini exhibition was re-created as 8 individual posters that could be displayed in the San Diego History Center’s event booth and double as hand-out educational flyers during the San Diego 250 commemoration.
