Golden Age Of Trans-Atlantic Ocean Liners Exhibit Opens in Chatham
When Chatham Marconi needed some expert design help for their new exhibit for the 2023 season, they turned to H2 Design Studio, a woman owned museum exhibition and media design firm. The challenges were many, but with the experienced design team in place the exhibit, The Golden Age of Trans-Atlantic Ocean Liners got underway on time.
H2 Design Studio Partner Larissa Hansen-Hallgren explains, “Chatham Marconi wanted to highlight the station’s role through profiles of famous ships, their passengers and their crews. Trans-Atlantic travel on luxurious ocean liners has always been connected with glamour, romance and intrigue. Famous passenger ships featured including the Queen Mary, the United States, the Ile de France and the Leonardo da Vinci.”
“When visitors come to the exhibit, they directly enter the ‘Golden Age’ exhibit through a simulated ship’s gangway. On the wall is a mural with panels introducing the exhibit. Directly ahead is a large cross-section cutaway of the SS United States revealing the ship’s internal features. Scenes of shipboard life play on a video screen on the far wall. In the center the room, kiosks and rails display the unique design features of five more ocean liners, human-interest stories, and a few adventure tales. Interactive screens present each liner’s unique story in photographs, graphics and video clips, and radio communication is a common thread in many of them, “ Hansen adds.
Chatham Marconi will have the exhibit in place through 2025 with a changing emphasis each year on the liners activity.
About D2 Design Studio
H2 Design Studio is a woman-owned museum exhibition and media design firm. We plan and design places for people to use and for stories to be told. We also provide strategic planning, interpretive planning, exhibition and graphic design, brand/ identity design, environmental graphics, media design, interactive audio & media production, content development, audience research, renderings, construction administration, owner representation, as well as fabrication and installation services.
More information: www.h2designstudio.org.
About Chatham Marconi Maritime Center
Founded in 2002, the Chatham Marconi Maritime Center is a 501(c)(3) organization, which celebrates the rich history of 20th Century maritime radio and explores the innovative advances in science and technology that continue to transform our lives. Information at ChathamMarconi.org.
