“SuperMap” is a 6-foot-high, 12-foot-wide illustrated color wall map of the Saugatuck-Douglas area. Paired with a computer display, it provides a virtual tour through the historic villages, highlighting significant people and places, past and present.
Holland artist-cartographer Mark Cook created the artwork, based on History Center research. The map recalls entertaining illustration/poster maps of the 1940-50 era, combining street layouts with stylized sketches and notes. More than three years in development, this project was made possible by gifts from Douglas Dunes Resort and Macatawa Bank totaling $20,000, with matching funds raised by History Center members and friends.
Over 100 map-highlighted references are keyed by number, allowing visitors to select sites of interest and call up corresponding information, narratives, and historical photographs on a nearby computer screen.
The original map is in the South Gallery at the History Museum. There is a copy in the Map Room at the History Center. You can also explore the map online.
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