Museum Experience Center — Conner Prairie
The Museum Experience Center, a $33 million reimagining of Conner Prairie's welcome and exhibit building in Fishers, Indiana, reopened to the public on April 3, 2026, with a new 3,150 sq ft immersive theater tracing the White River's history from its glacial origins to the present, designed and produced by Monadnock Media and Luci Creative.
| Venue | Conner Prairie |
|---|---|
| Project type | Major Renovation |
| Status | Completed |
| Year completed | 2026 |
| Technologies | immersive theater |
Credits
| Firm | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Monadnock Media | Media Design & Software | Media experience design and production, technical systems design and oversight, and immersive theater design for the 3,150 sq ft immersive theater organized around the White River's journey from prehistory to present |
| Luci Creative | Exhibit Design | Co-designer with Monadnock Media on the immersive theater experience ("Monadnock + Luci"); role attribution beyond exhibit design not sourced |
| Bowen Technovation | AV Integration | |
| Ravenswood Studio | Fabrication |
Description
The theater is organized into three sections -- "Power of Place" (glacial landscape formation), "Arrivals" (early inhabitants), and "Oasis" (contemporary voices) -- using immersive imagery and soundscape. The broader $33 million capital project, funded through the Prairie Pathways Campaign, also added new exhibit and programming space and an immersive play space; a Smithsonian-developed Spark!Lab and a "Wellspring" art installation by artist Wes Bruce and The Curious Life were part of the same reopening but are not credited to Monadnock Media.