Museums & Exhibitions – Page 3

Peerless-AV Mounts Chosen for War Memorial Centre in France

by Andrew Fenn

The Sir John Monash Centre, which opened in France earlier this year, recalls the role played by the Australian allied forces during the various battles of the Somme between 1914 and 1918. The facility …

Panasonic Shows New Projectors, LCDs at ISE

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Panasonic showed four new projectors at ISE, plus they introduced a fifth projector not shown on their stand. In addition, they introduced the new EQ1 series of LCDs that range in size from 43” …

Berne Museum Uses a Lot of Interactivity

by Bob Raikes

The Museum of Communication in Bern has been completely updated, with designs from Kossmann.dejong of the Netherlands (and which is a prize-winning design company. The museum has a wide range of interesting display uses …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Museums & Exhibitions| Switzerland| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Museum Uses Christie to Switch from Film

by Bob Raikes

The National Infantry Museum in Columbus, Georgia, in the US has installed a 6P Christie laser projector to replace a film-based system and has found that the flexibility of digital has allowed the premises …

Optoma Innovates for Projection Future

by Bob Raikes

Optoma was in a good mood, especially when they found we were aware of the recent press release that highlighted its new UHD projectors which are being offered at surprisingly affordable prices – a …

National Air and Space Museum Uses Zytronic Touch

by Yvette Raikes

Zytronic of the UK has supplied an 84″ Zybrid touch sensor to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington. It allows multitouch for up to six visitors to design, customise and launch …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Museums & Exhibitions| Touch| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Panasonic LinkRay Technology Used in Automotive Museum

by Bob Raikes

Panasonic has announced that its LinkRay ‘cummunicate by light’ system has been adopted by the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, CA. The museum has a free app for visitors that includes support for …

Photokina To Go Annual – Moves to May

by Bob Raikes

Photokina has bowed to the inevitable and moved to an annual cycle. It will move away from its traditional September timing to May. The 2018 show will be shorter, although that one will still …

German Museums Have Joint Interactive Exhibits

by Yvette Raikes

The Leibnitz Association has eight research museums in Germany. Thanks to interactive technology, all eight can be involved in a joint simultaneous exhibition. The museums will each be showing individual objects, but the exhibition …

Panasonic Gets Milan Design Award

by Alan Spencer

Panasonic’s “Electronics Meets Crafts” installation has won the prize of best storytelling at the Milan Design Awards. This is the second year in a row that Panasonic has been recognised for its exhibition at …

Ideum Creates New Reading Rail Display

by Bob Raikes

Ideum of Corrales, New Mexico, USA, has used LG’s 34″ 3440 x 1440 monitor to create a ‘reading rail’ display in an all aluminium case and with 40 point touch for museums and other …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Museums & Exhibitions| Touch| Vol 24 - Issue 17

Deep Space at the Ars Electronica Center Shown in 8K and 3D

by Alan Spencer

The Ars Electronica Center in Linz is demonstrating the latest AV technology, using 8K resolution as well as 3D images and stereo. One display, ‘In the Deep Space’, uses a 16m by 9m projection …

Tags:Installation Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Museums & Exhibitions| Vol 24 - Issue 16