History Happens Somewhere.

What happens when we put history back on the map? ArcGIS StoryMaps combine geographic information with photographs, archival materials, oral histories, video, data, and narrative to create immersive digital histories.

“ArcGIS StoryMaps make history come alive. They give public historians the tools they need to tell compelling stories and create memorable experiences.”

Beth Lauck, Ph.D Candidate

More than a map.

Follow a life. Reconstruct a neighborhood. Trace a highway. Compare then and now. Map environmental change. Tour a historic district. Connect an oral history to the place where it happened. Ask who had access to a city—and who didn’t.

Behind every point on the map is research: newspapers, photographs, government documents, oral histories, architectural records, maps, census data, material objects, and community knowledge.