About the project

A museum without walls.

American Relic is an original geography-and-time game built around legally reusable objects from public historical collections.

Curiosity first

Political milestones share the shelves with work, music, migration, design, daily life, and the material traces of communities across the continent. The aim is not merely to recognize a famous object, but to notice why place and time shaped it.

Provenance always

Every playable item links to its original collection record and preserves its rights statement. Dates and locations reflect source metadata and documented historical associations; uncertain or culturally restricted material does not belong in play.

Practice