The Experiential Design Index

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.

VenueFranklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
Project typeMajor Renovation
StatusCompleted
Year completed2013
Technologiesmulti-screen projection, immersive theater

Credits

FirmRoleNote
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.

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