C&G Partners thanks Patrick Madden and The American Alliance of Museums for this look at how we can use AI to understand and personalize The American Story, in a new blog post for the Center for the Future of Museums Blog.

In the piece by the National Archives Foundation’s Chief Executive Officer Patrick Madden, discover how The National Archives Museum, in collaboration with C&G Partners and Cortina Productions, used the power of machine learning to transform 13.5 billion paper documents and 30 billion electronic records into a completely reimagined 9,000-sq-ft permanent gallery space.

The article illustrates how, within the exhibit, you can explore topics that matter to you by selecting your interests on AI-powered kiosks, which augment original record displays during your personalized journey through the nine themed spaces. Anything you explore during the visit gets saved via your ticket barcode for further discovery at home. Additionally, the AI experience allows the museum to display even more physical artifacts than the old layout, keeping the original history–like the iconic Rotunda–front and center.

Read the full blog post at https://www.aam-us.org/2026/08/17/mining-the-national-archives-new-exhibition-sparks-personalized-discovery-with-ai/.

Project Partners:
National Archives and Records Administration
National Archives Foundation
Cortina Productions
Carolynne Harris
Available Light 
Brigid Mountmaking
D&P
Grunley Construction Company, Inc
Hartman-Cox Architects 
Meyvaert Display Case
Phase Shift Consulting