The Experiential Design Index

Museum of the Bible Core Exhibits — Museum of the Bible

The Museum of the Bible, a 430,000 sq ft museum in Washington, DC, opened November 17, 2017; The PRD Group directed exhibit design and content development across the building, Electrosonic designed, built, and integrated AV systems for more than 40 exhibits, C&G Partners designed the Bible Now reactive media gallery on the Floor 2 "Impact of the Bible" exhibit, and Design and Production Incorporated fabricated the exhibits.

VenueMuseum of the Bible
Project typeNew Building
StatusCompleted
Year completed2017
Technologiesinteractive touchscreens, 360-degree panoramic projection, handheld personalized tour devices

Credits

FirmRoleNote
Electrosonic AV Integration More than 40 AV-driven exhibits across the museum's seven public floors
C&G Partners Exhibit Design Designed Bible Now, the reactive media gallery on the Floor 2 'Impact of the Bible' exhibit; content developed in consultation with scholarly advisors led by Gordon Campbell, Ph.D. and Byron R. Johnson, Ph.D.
The PRD Group Exhibit Design Directed a team of a dozen creative firms in developing 100,000 sq ft of exhibitions across the museum, including three galleries of artifacts from the Vatican Library and the Israel Antiquities Authority
Design and Production Incorporated Fabrication
Available Light Lighting Design Exhibit lighting designer for the Impact Gallery, per Eos Lightmedia's own project page.
kubik maltbie Fabrication Exhibit fabricator for the Impact Gallery specifically, per Eos Lightmedia's own project page.
Eos Lightmedia Lighting Design Supplied, installed, focused, and programmed the overhead and integral lighting of the Impact Gallery's 9-foot-high, 180-foot-long narrative tapestry (gobo projection).
SH Acoustics Acoustic Consulting Sole exhibit-based acoustics consultant, providing acoustical design services for all four primary exhibit galleries and exhibit audio-design/calibration services for two of the four galleries.

Description

Bible Now, part of the Floor 2 "Impact of the Bible" exhibit, is a 360-degree, full-height, constantly-changing panorama of digital information exploring Scripture's contemporary impact in real time — live social media feeds, aggregated data from Bible app users, a 24-hour time-lapse of Jerusalem, and interactive tables where visitors contribute their own responses.

Sources