IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES
Preparing for War, Hoping for Peace
FDR Library and Museum
This program transports visitors to a time when radio was the broadcast medium – a medium that FDR was the first President to master. In a 1940's living room filled with objects that recall WWII and the Depression, a console radio takes center stage. Lighting brings the radio to life as FDR prepares the nation for the possibility of war while a framed painting becomes a video screen that shows the events that threatened to envelope the world in war.
Almost Vanished
Mashantucket Pequot Museum
The Mashanucket-Pequot tribe struggled to hold onto their land and their tribal identity in what has been called the “Lost Century.” In this immersive theater, visitors are transported back to the 1930's as the storyteller, a member of the tribe, recounts the Pequot tribe’s poignant story. Theatrical lighting and surround sound accompany archival imagery projected onto the kitchen wall, creating an unforgettable, multi-sensory experience.
ORIENTATION THEATERS
Spirit of Sioux City
Sioux City Public Museum
Sioux City’s spectacular 19th-century corn palaces inspired this immersive theater. The story of the city’s booms and busts plays out on three large, arched screens rimmed with lights. Above the screens, silhouettes are projected on scrim and an impressive lit cityscape appears behind it. Extensive lighting and sound effects add to the energy and excitement of this moving and whimsical experience.
Mississippi Journey
National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium
Mississippi Journey is a thought-provoking voyage that brings to life the river’s influence on the course of history. Spectacular footage is projected on a 23.5 x 10-foot curved screen, flanked by two 10-foot screens. This immersive theater fills with an intense sound track, theatrical lighting seat shakers, and fog – visitors literally feel the river’s power.
Across Generations
Biltmore Winery Village
This theater experience tells the story of the legendary Biltmore Estate and the Vanderbilt family's efforts to preserve and hold on to their land. Visitors sit in an intimate theater as breathtaking aerials and panoramas of the estate and nearby Blue Ridge Mountains play out on three large screens that surround the viewers. The family story is told, in part, by George Vanderbilt's great-granddaughter, who provides a warm and compelling view of her family's history.
SINGLE-SCREEN
Cattle Drive in Florida
Tampa Bay History Center
Visitors sit on real saddles and enter the world of a modern day cattle drive that plays out before them on a curved, panoramic screen. The energy and noise of the animals and cowboys engulf the visitors and pull them into the scene – they, too, are part of the roundup. Monadnock used the Red 4k camera for this production.
Creation Story
Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture and Lifeways
Using animation based on traditional native artwork, this program tells the Anishinabe creation story and recounts the adventures of Nenaboozhoo, an Ojibwe hero. Projected in a round, domed theater shaped like a traditional teaching lodge, the program is enhanced by surround sound audio and lighting effects that include fire, water, and a shooting star. Creation Story was awarded a 2005 Gold Muse Award.
MULTI-SCREEN
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Tampa Bay History Center
Visitors walk into a real shipping container and discover a stack of crates containing two monitors hidden behind scrim. Above the crates, projected imagery fills out the container wall. Manny, a funny, animated Playmobil figure, treats visitors to a lively and quirky orientation to the Port of Tampa. Along the way, the little guy gets tossed, plucked, scooped and sent down conveyors as he takes visitors on their insiders’ tour of the port.
The Superpowers Palmer and Nicklaus
Arnold Palmer Center for Golf History USGA Museum
A unique installation made up of a stack of seven period television sets, this multi-screen presentation celebrates the legendary rivalry between two of golf's greatest stars, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus. Set against the backdrop of the Cold War, the program uses television to shed light on the rise of golf's popularity during the late 1950's and early 1960's.