FREDERICKSBURG, TX – The National Museum of the Pacific War recently opened the 33,000-square-foot George H.W. Bush Gallery with 40 multimedia exhibits. AV integrator Bowen Technovation opted for a Medialon AV control solution. "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," said Brien Norris of Bowen Technovation.
To allow exhibit events to be triggered by sensors, Bowen Technovation used Medialon Manager V5 Show and Media Control software. 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 Technovation crew member David Bennewies. "There were several exhibit elements throughout the museum that required tight integration between lighting effects, soundtracks, and video."
The new gallery features LCD screens ranging in size from 84 inches to 103 inches. There's also a Dataton Watchout system, a 48-inch Global Imagination projection sphere, video servers, several Projectiondesign projectors, audio systems with speakers and other gear.
In one exhibit room, a Projectiondesign F32 projector displays animations and video onto a 360-degree by 320-degree sphere. Visitors can walk around it while listening to a prelude to the war.
Another focal point is a captured Japanese two-man submarine that what used during the attack in Pearl Harbor. Bowen Technovation installed water effect lights to give visitors the feeling of being underwater. Lighting effects and LED fixtures also simulate explosions and fire.
"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," said Norris.
All the devices are controlled and synchronized by Medialon Manager.
For more information, please visit www.bowentechnovation.com and www.medialon.com.
