Permanent Exhibit Renovation — Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, New York reopened June 30, 2013 after its first full-scale renovation, with new permanent-exhibit media designed and produced by Monadnock Media and exhibit design by Gallagher & Associates.
| Venue | Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum |
|---|---|
| Project type | Major Renovation |
| Status | Completed |
| Year completed | 2013 |
| Technologies | multi-screen projection, immersive theater |
Credits
| Firm | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Monadnock Media | Media Design & Software | Media experiences across a 12,000 sq ft renovation, including the World in Crisis and Remembering Pearl Harbor immersive/multi-screen theaters and the Legacy theater film written and narrated by President Bill Clinton |
| Gallagher & Associates | Exhibit Design | |
| Explus, Inc. | Fabrication | |
| Cortina Productions | Media Design & Software | Additional interactives (scrapbook station, map/trivia game, Oval Office desk display) distinct from Monadnock Media's named theaters, per Cortina's own project page — same 2013 renovation. |
Description
New theaters include "World in Crisis" (the 1932 political and economic crisis as FDR sought the presidency), "Remembering Pearl Harbor" (a multi-screen theater on the attack's transformation of US foreign policy), and "Legacy," a film written and narrated by President Bill Clinton on FDR's influence.