The Star of the Republic Museum educates visitors about the society, culture, and politics of Texas during its time as an independent nation.

Portraits of Texas is a non-interactive digital experience that focuses on showcasing influential figures of Texas on a photo wall. An array of static backlit portraits are mixed in with three screens that cycle through different portraits of the CMS.

CMS [Strapi, built by Potion] -> client uploads/edits portraits.
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Server [Express.js], running on CMS PC -> downloads data, assigns portraits to screens.
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Frontend [Vue.js], running on three mini PCs for each display -> handling transitions and post-processing of image with filter.

A looping slideshow of featured Texans, each shown as a full-screen sepia-filtered portrait with their name and role. Portraits transition with a fade effect. Whenever a new Texan is added to the CMS, the order of the portraits is randomized across all three screens.

A phase where the screen displays the image credits for every portrait used in the experience. It appears on only one of the screens once per full loop. If the list of credits exceeds the screen height, the text automatically splits into two columns.