Boston Marathon Memorial

Northeastern University recently opened a one day exhibit to commemorate those lost in the Boston Marathon bombings. The exhibit, titled “Our Marathon”, was a crowd-sourced digital archive of the attack. Items used in the display were originally placed at the memorial and had been collected by the City of Boston Archives. The exhibit, located at Northeastern University’s Snell Library, opened on the 15th and lasted until 8 PM that evening. The exhibit was planned as an extension to the NULab for Texts, Maps, and Networks’s digital project. Workers collected data, anecdotes, and other physical memories of the bombing to use as the basis for the display. Hopes are that “Our Marathon” will become a long-term memorial. The exhibit, is one of the largest collections of its kind, with researchers collecting data since May. Anyone can contribute their stories the exhibit online.