The Experiential Design Index

Be Washington: It's Your Turn to Lead — George Washington's Mount Vernon

Be Washington: It's Your Turn to Lead, an interactive theater letting visitors make decisions faced by George Washington, opened February 2018 at George Washington's Mount Vernon in Virginia; exhibit design by Gallagher & Associates, interactive production by Cortina Productions, and fabrication/AV integration by Solomon Group. It received a 2018 Thea Award for Outstanding Achievement and a 2019 SEGD Merit Award.

VenueGeorge Washington's Mount Vernon
Project typeInstallation
StatusCompleted
Year completed2018
Technologies6K LED wall, interactive touchscreen kiosks, show control system

Credits

FirmRoleNote
Gallagher & Associates Exhibit Design
Cortina Productions Media Design & Software Lead interactive producer; developed gameplay and produced media
Solomon Group Fabrication
Solomon Group AV Integration

Description

Solomon Group also upgraded Mount Vernon's separate 4D Revolutionary War Theater as part of the same visitor-experience initiative; that upgrade is not separately dated in public sources and is not recorded as its own project.

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