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MOA Renewal Project, Sneak Preview |
6:00-8:00pm Thursday, 5 June 2008
The world-renowned Museum of Anthropology at UBC is nearing the completion of its $58 million Renewal Project, entailing a massive renovation and expansion of current facilities, as well as the creation of the Reciprocal Research Network (RRN). TAA HAS BEEN INVITED to a special preview of the brand new wing; members and guests will be among the first to see the space! Guided tours, feature presentations and special guests will be part of the evening. - Jennifer Webb (Communications Manager, MoA and TAA member) will host the evening on behalf of Museum Director Dr. Anthony Shelton.
- Noel Best (Project Architect, Stantec) will provide an overview of the expansion and renovation.
- Arthur Erickson (Associate Architect), architect of the original Museum of Anthropology, will be in attendance.
- Dr. Sue Rowley (Project Leader for the RRN) will highlight the linking of the Northwest Coast and other collections in institutions worldwide.
- Bill McLennan (Curator, Pacifi c Northwest, MoA) will present the community consultation process which drove the interpretion planning, case design, and artifact mounting and labeling.
- Skooker Broome (Manager, Design/Production, MoA) and David Cunningham (Manager, Design/Exhibits, MoA) will unveil the latest plans for the transformation of the existing Visible Storage into the new Multiversity Galleries.
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California design company, Delphi Productions, faced a daunting challenge; replicate 4 of the 6 men featured in Rodin’s famous bronze statue Burghers of Calais in less than a month for Stanford University. The replicas needed to be lightweight, durable and believable. Instead of turning the project down, Delphi turned to TAA member 3D Custom Foam for help. 
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 MUSEO DEL ACERO
MONTERREY, MEXICO
VISTA, producers of immersive storytelling experiences, recently completed the feature visitor experience for this museum. Unique special effects and mixed media brought a dormant iron foundry back to life. The theater itself is actually the former iron furnace, which sat rusting and abandoned for the last twenty years.
The story of the construction and operation of furnace number three
is told through archival film footage (treated and enhanced to HD) on a
seven metre rear projection screen together with the voices of actual
workers of that era.
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