Attraction Maps

How might we use the familiar object of the “park map” as data? What can we gain from a comparative view within this artifact genre? If we recognize the park map as a visual technology that contributes to the embodied choreography of attractions, then we are poised to learn from it. Explore the maps collected below to begin.

The Great Passion Play (Eureka Springs, Arkansas)
Holy Land Experience (Orlando, Florida)
Biblical History Center (La Grange, Georgia)
National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows (Belleville, Illinois)
Ark Encounter (Williamstown, Kentucky)
Creation Museum (Petersburg, Kentucky)
National Shrine of Divine Mercy (Stockbridge, Massachusetts)
Louis and Fay Woll Memorial Bible Garden (West Bloomfield, Michigan)
Shrine of Our Lady of the Island (Manorville, New York)
Capernaum First Century Village (Weatherford, Texas)
Gilgal Sculpture Garden (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Biblical Gardens (Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin)
Bibel Welt (Salzburg, Austria)
Noah’s Ark (Hong Kong, China)
Walsingham Shrine (Walsingham, England)
Stations of the Cross at The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes (Lourdes, France)
Bibelgarten (Wagenfeld, Germany)
Holy Land (Subic, Philippines)
Calvary at Banska Stiavnica (Banska Stiavnica, Slovokia)
Noah's Ark Zoo Farm (Bristol, England)
Biblical Zoo (Jerusalem, Israel)