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An evocative, interactive tribute to the ANZAC forces of WWI.
The National Anzac Centre is an award-winning museum and contemplative space. It overlooks the bay from which the soldiers of Australia and New Zealand departed for Gallipoli in 1915. The centre opened in 2014, and had achieved its first year visitor projections within just six months.
Naming the men and women who risked their lives.
Unique in its commemoration of WWI, the centre focuses on personal history, naming the men and women who risked their lives.
Gibson International developed, designed and specified all of the AV technology and built the custom applications and hardware for the ‘Character Post’ and ‘Tribute Wall’ experiences:
‘Character Post’ card readers positioned around the exhibition allow visitors to access history through the eyes of the individuals who lived through the war.
Interactive digital screens showcase personal records, items, and diaries, and at the culmination of the exhibition is a large ‘Tribute Wall’ inviting the public to leave their imprint, which becomes displayed in the museum directly and online.
Our role
- Museum consultants
- Stakeholder and cultural engagement
- Experience design
- Spatial design
- Content producers
- Interactive design
- Exhibition design
- Fabrication and installation
- Ongoing site support and maintenance
A personal lens on a great sacrifice
‘Character Cards’ act as the entryway into the exhibition. Once read by the ‘Character Post’ readers, a particular soldier’s or nurse’s story activates on vertical touchscreens placed throughout each themed section of the exhibition (pre-war, war, post war).
Visitors can engage with photographs and historical records before further exploring their character at the Tribute Wall.
At the Tribute Wall, three large 65” touchscreens create a wall that collects all 32 character stories and presents their details on moving display.
An on-screen keyboard designed as an early 1900s typewriter invites visitors to leave a personal tribute, which is then displayed directly on the Tribute Wall and on its public website.
Information and photos are sourced from the National Archives Australia, Archives New Zealand and the Australian War Museum to create the stories for the experience, and are contained in a backend CMS that enables the museum curators to update and add content.
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