Exploration Place Picture Portfolio

Photo Credit: © 2000, WTG Associates, LLC and and Gavin Peters

HEALTH EXPLORER GALLERY IN EXPLORATION PLACE (WICHITA, KS)
The Delta museum approach is illustrated by this interactive gallery on personal and public health in the recently opened Exploration Place. Delta approaches allow the creative learning center to change exhibits more economically due to built-in systems to support change. White Oak Associates, the executive producers of all the exhibits and theaters in Exploration Place have developed the Delta approach, and Exploration Place is an early application of the concept. Designed by Gyroscope (Oakland, CA), the long-term experience platform shown in this picture includes the staircase, the underneath theaters, the upper level chromakey stage and remote screen, and the cherry wood columns that organize the space. The changeable opening scenario includes the interactive exhibits (foreground) where you can test your balance, blood pressure, bone density and other health assessments, the graphics and public health mystery that is to be solved in Crumbine's Laboratory (background), the activities in the small theater (right) and the storyline for the Virtual Theater (above), an opening scenario by Beverly Reiser called Virtual Heart, is where visitors get to direct oxygen molecules in the right places. The building contractor, Dondlinger & Sons Construction Co., Inc. (Wichita, KS), built the experience platform elements and handled all the electrical, HVAC and code aspects of the structure, while Maltbie Associates (Mount Laurel, NJ) fabricated the interactive exhibits in this gallery.