Sioux City Public Museum Core Exhibits — Sioux City Public Museum
The Sioux City Public Museum's current 55,000 sq ft downtown facility, a converted former J.C. Penney department store in Sioux City, Iowa, opened in 2011; Monadnock Media produced the museum's media and interactive exhibits with exhibit design by Hilferty & Associates.
| Venue | Sioux City Public Museum |
|---|---|
| Project type | New Building |
| Status | Completed |
| Year completed | 2011 |
| Technologies | rear projection, immersive theater |
Credits
| Firm | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Monadnock Media | Media Design & Software | Media master planning and exhibit design collaboration across the 12,000 sq ft media program in the museum's new 55,000 sq ft downtown facility, including the Disaster and Recovery rear-projection building-facade installation and a steampunk-themed time-travel interactive |
| Hilferty & Associates | Exhibit Design |
Description
Exhibits include "Disaster and Recovery," a rear-projection presentation across a three-story building facade depicting fires, floods, and the crash of United Airlines Flight 232, and an immersive theater echoing the city's 19th-century corn palaces. The museum won an American Alliance of Museums MUSE Award.