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The National Museum of the Pacific War George Bush
Gallery located in Fredericksburg in Texas, USA, was
recently renovated to expand the gallery’s footprint to
33,000 square feet.
The museum asked the american-based AV integrator and
provider Bowen Technovation to update the gallery with
the latest in AV and information technology to provide
visitors with unique experience.
Bowen Technovation selected Medialon to be the main AV
controller of the entire museum.
When entering the museum, visitors are immersed into
media-rich presentations, meaningful testimonials and
historical artifacts which offer them a better
understanding of what the Pacific War was like for the
US and how it impacted the world.
A wide array of exhibits are spread throughout the
museum, each of them including specific video, sound and
lighting effects. « We had to find a control system that
would receive and deliver the information we needed for
each exhibit, while making it easy to maintain and use
by the museum staff. », says Brien Norris of Bowen
Technovation.
Bowen Technovation selected a Medialon Manager V5 Show
and Media Control software because it gave the gallery
the ability to trigger certain events in each exhibit
with sensors. The Medialon system also allowed the
timeline-based exhibits to run simultaneously.
« This control system was also chosen because it
provides for real-time editing during show
production. », said Bowen Tehnovation crew member David
Bennewies. « This was needed because there were several
exhibit elements throughout the museum that required
tight integration between lighting effects, soundtracks,
and video. », he concluded.
The new gallery features several 84 inches to 103 inches
LCD screens, a Dataton Watchout system, a 48-inch Global
Imagination projection sphere, video servers, several
Projectiondesign projectors, audio systems with
speakers, etc. In one exhibit room, a Projectiondesign
F32 projector displays animations and video onto a 360-degree
by 320-degree sphere where visitors can walk around
while listening to a prelude to the war.
One of the centerpiece of the exhibition is a captured
Japanese miniature submarine that what used during the
attack in Pearl Harbor. Bowen Technovation installed
water effect lights to give visitors the feeling of
being underwater. Thanks to lighting effects and LED
fixtures, it allow to simulate explosions and fire of
the famous attack. All the devices are entirely
controlled and synchronized by Medialon Manager. « One
of the major challenges in this exhibit was having an
image of a torpedo shoot across the floor over the
distance of 80 feet and explode in a ball of fire. »,
adds Norris.
Thanks to up-to-date AV technology, the National Museum
of the Pacific War offers a high-emotion experience to
all visitors.
For further information, please visit:
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