The Dig Exhibition
Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science
The Frost Science team collaborated with Museum EXP to create a dinosaur experience that reflected the latest paleontology research, and maximized their small budget and space.
The exhibition incorporates simple hands-on interactive exhibits, real fossils and impressive cast dinosaur skulls, and integrated lighting. Digital experiences include an air scribe interactive touchscreen in which the stylus vibrates as rock is digitally being removed to prepare a sauropod fossil. Nearby, bronze fossil model triggers on-screen graphics that highlight current research and a holographic projection displays 3D and CT scan data of a T.rex alongside a cast of the “Tufts-Love” T.rex skull.
Adjacent to the exhibition, visitors can peer into the lab, where researchers are actively uncovering fossils from the rock matrix to prepare them for study and display.
Why this project excites us:
This project allowed us to work with paleontologists to make academic research accessible to kids and families without dumbing it down. Plus, we love being able to stretch out client’s budget to make something that looks more expensive than it costs.
Collaborators:
- Crabby Badger Studios
- Tilt23 Studios
- Research Casting International
- Gabriel Ugueto
- Nathan Rogers
- Dr. Scott Hartman
- The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
- The Franklin Institute
- Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture
Size:
1,000 square feet
Scope:
- Project Management
- Concept Design
- Exhibit Design
- Content Development, Writing & Research
- Interactive Development
- Prototyping
- Media Production
Fabrication Management - Installation