Exhibits / Digital Experiences

Scott Family Tor Legacy Center

Ball High School, Galveston, Texas2026 · Completed

The historic school model and illuminated exhibit towers share the open exhibition space. — Artifacts, graphics, and digital media brought together in the completed exhibit.

Illuminated timeline towers line the exhibition beneath a series of circular lights. — The exhibition sequence within the school commons.

Visitors use the touchscreen at the Tor Legacy Voices wall. — Visitors explore first-person histories at Tor Legacy Voices.

An interview participant sharing photographs across a table with Michael Zepeda. — Oral-history production connects the exhibit to community voices.

A detailed model of the original Ball High School sits in a glass display case with an illuminated base. — The original school model at the center of the completed exhibition.

Close view of the historic school model, including its central tower, courtyard, and neighboring buildings. — A closer look at the historic architectural model.

An archival document and historic objects are displayed beneath glass. — Original documents and objects presented alongside the school’s history.

Close view of a historic school newspaper beneath protective glass. — Student life preserved in the school’s archival newspapers.

An illuminated exhibition case combines archival photographs, a school image, and historic objects. — Archival imagery and objects within a completed display.

The Tor Spotlight wall features four illuminated profiles beneath a bold exhibit title. — The completed Tor Spotlight display.

A historic uniform is presented in a tall illuminated exhibit case. — A historic uniform displayed within the exhibition.

Framed archival documents and a dark garment fill a glass exhibition case. — Objects and records arranged for close viewing.

Visitors gather beside the school model and a purple digital exhibit tower. — The community encounters the completed collection on opening day.

Tall windows frame the exhibit cases and digital towers in the school commons. — The exhibition integrated into the school’s shared space.

Guests gather in rows of chairs for the opening celebration at Ball High School. — The opening celebration brings the school community together.

A living archive for Ball High School and Galveston. Historic artifacts, photographs, oral histories, and interactive media connect generations of community memory with today’s students.

My contribution

I led the overall design vision, exhibit planning, architectural integration, graphics, and digital experience. The team developed a visitor journey that moves between physical artifacts and the people who continue the school’s story.

How can a school’s history keep growing with its community?

History in the first person

Tor Legacy Voices brings alumni and community perspectives into the collection. Interviews add personal experience and emotion alongside institutional timelines and archival material.

An artifact at the center

The historic model of the original Ball High School anchors the exhibit. Its setting brings documents, photographs, objects, and digital media into one continuous view.

An archive that can grow

Digital collections and interviews can expand as new achievements and stories emerge. Students encounter an ongoing history in which they can become participants.

Collaboration & credits

Practice: PBK / Ether Design Lab.
Completed-space and opening-day photography: Michael Zepeda.
Interview photography: Jeremy Hudges.

Image credits

The completed Scott Family Tor Legacy Center on opening day. — Photography: Michael Zepeda.
Artifacts, graphics, and digital media brought together in the completed exhibit. — Photography: Michael Zepeda.
The exhibition sequence within the school commons. — Photography: Michael Zepeda.
Visitors explore first-person histories at Tor Legacy Voices. — Photography: Michael Zepeda.
Oral-history production connects the exhibit to community voices. — Photography: Jeremy Hudges.
The original school model at the center of the completed exhibition. — Photography: Michael Zepeda.
A closer look at the historic architectural model. — Photography: Michael Zepeda.
Original documents and objects presented alongside the school’s history. — Photography: Michael Zepeda.
Student life preserved in the school’s archival newspapers. — Photography: Michael Zepeda.
Archival imagery and objects within a completed display. — Photography: Michael Zepeda.
The completed Tor Spotlight display. — Photography: Michael Zepeda.
A historic uniform displayed within the exhibition. — Photography: Michael Zepeda.
Objects and records arranged for close viewing. — Photography: Michael Zepeda.
The community encounters the completed collection on opening day. — Photography: Michael Zepeda.
The exhibition integrated into the school’s shared space. — Photography: Michael Zepeda.
The opening celebration brings the school community together. — Photography: Michael Zepeda.

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