Puget Sound Navy Museum in Bremerton, Wash., recently opened its new USS John C. Stennis exhibit. Allowing friends and family members of service men and women to share in the experience of life aboard a massive aircraft carrier, the exhibit provides a behind-the-scenes view of life at sea. Visitors get a glimpse of everything from the mess hall to the flight deck to the crew quarters – seeing how this 100,000-ton ship truly is a floating city, complete with its own ZIP code.
While producing two computer-based touchscreen interactives featured at the new exhibit, design firm Silver Oaks in Moline, Ill., and Taylor Studios in Rantoul, Ill., received a sneak peak of the inner workings of the Stennis. The enormity of portraying a ship of the Stennis’ magnitude was quickly realized by Silver Oaks’ designers. Their solution: a customized sliding photo interface that allows visitors to move from the ship’s bow to the stern across a 42″ touchscreen, located near the entrance of the 1,700-square-foot exhibit.
“I am very pleased everything has gone above and beyond what our expectations were. Everything went smoothly,” said Lindy Dosher, Assistant Director and Curator of Puget Sound Navy Museum.
“Silver Oaks is equally honored to be part of such a great exhibit that pays tribute to the men and women of our Naval Forces,” said Greg Scott, President of Silver Oaks.
For more information and images of the interactives “A Very Big Ship” and “The Power of Steam” see this project in our portfolio.
For more information on the Puget Sound Navy Museum visit www.history.navy.mil.
