Statue of Liberty Museum — Statue of Liberty Museum
The Statue of Liberty Museum, a 26,000-square-foot new visitor museum on Liberty Island in New York, opened May 16, 2019, with architecture by FXCollaborative and exhibition/interactive media design by ESI Design.
| Venue | Statue of Liberty Museum |
|---|---|
| Project type | New Building |
| Status | Completed |
| Year completed | 2019 |
| Technologies | immersive theater, interactive touchscreens, crowdsourced digital mural |
Credits
| Firm | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|
| FXCollaborative | Architecture | |
| ESI Design | Exhibit Design | 15,000 sq ft exhibition across three galleries: Immersive Theater, Engagement Gallery, Inspiration Gallery |
| ESI Design | Media Design & Software | Immersive theater and the 450 sq ft crowdsourced 'Becoming Liberty' digital mural |
| FLOAT4 | Media Design & Software | Interactive kiosks and immersive theater technology |
| kubik maltbie | Fabrication | |
| Diversified | AV Integration | AV and digital signage technology across the Immersive Theater (8 laser-phosphor projectors), Star Mural Donor Wall, Engagement Gallery, and the 40'x11' Becoming Liberty LED video wall |
| SH Acoustics | Acoustic Consulting | Established the museum's acoustic environments, mitigated noise factors, and designed/calibrated the audio systems; implemented custom "activated sound" technology turning exhibit surfaces into virtual speakers, engineered to withstand 4M+ annual visitors. |
| Donna Lawrence Productions | Content Production | Immersive 3-theater walk-through experience directed by Donna Lawrence; produced by DLP with ABC News Lincoln Square Productions and Walt Disney Imagineering (both credited on DLP's own project page as co-producers; neither added as separate credits pending a ruling, since WDI here would be an outside contractor on a non-Disney venue, a reversal of this index's standing in-house-unit exclusion). |
Description
Commissioned by the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, the museum gives all Liberty Island visitors access to the statue's original torch and a non-linear, three-gallery exhibition (Immersive Theater, Engagement Gallery, Inspiration Gallery) covering the statue's history and global symbolism, including more than 150 historic artifacts, 29 interactive touchscreens, and the "Becoming Liberty" crowdsourced digital mural.
Sources
- https://www.archpaper.com/2019/05/statue-of-liberty-museum-opens-fxcollaborative/
- https://esi.nbbj.com/work/statue-of-liberty-museum
- https://www.aiany.org/membership/oculus-magazine/article/summer-2019/the-statue-of-liberty-museum/
- https://onediversified.com/case-study/audio-visual-and-digital-signage-technology-immerses-museum-visitors
- https://shacoustics.com/statue-of-liberty-museum/