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This year marks twenty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Today in Berlin visitors often ask “where is the wall?” so the city commissioned a company to come up with a way help visitors (and young Germans) trace the original path of the wall.

Folks can use a multimedia guide called the “Mauer Guide” (a.k.a Wall Guide). It is gps-triggered to locate you in the city on the path and shows archival video footage, photos and stories. Watch a video about the Wall Tour at Time.com.

This made me curious about other uses of technology to teach visitors about our state and history. I found that the GA’s Office has a list of virtual and self-guided tours of Washington and Olympia. Folks can visit Olympia from their computer screen. Another example of how technology can be used to give context to the past and present.