Museum Exhibit
Fabrication : Taking Flight the World of Birds
Client:
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
"Taking Flight the World of Birds"
Proto Productions interpreted the design concepts, fabricated
and installed this 3,000 square foot exhibit in the William
and Eleanor Hageboeck Hall of Birds. Proto engineered modular
components to be fabricated and then re-assembled in a
limited access gallery. These serpentine cases with a mahogany
finish were fabricated to match the existing museum cases.
Proto, also, updated the existing cases by introducing
label rails. The exhibit was further enhanced by interpretive
graphics featuring nearly all aspects of birds and their
significance to humans. About 1,000 birds and numerous
eggs from their 150 year old collection are housed within
these cases. Interactive displays including rotating flips
and an electro-mechanical bird wing were fabricated to
more fully engage the visitors.