Nature Research Center (incl. Daily Planet theater) — North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
The Nature Research Center, a new wing of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, opened in 2012 with exhibit design by Andrew Merriell & Associates; it includes the Daily Planet, a three-story spherical theater with a 42-foot screen used for live science broadcasting.
| Venue | North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences |
|---|---|
| Project type | New Building |
| Status | Completed |
| Year completed | 2012 |
| Technologies | three-story spherical theater |
Credits
| Firm | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Merriell & Associates | Exhibit Design | |
| kubik maltbie | Fabrication | Client of record for Eos Lightmedia's exhibit-lighting scope, per Eos Lightmedia's own project page. |
| Eos Lightmedia | Lighting Design | Supplied, installed, and focused exhibit lighting across the 80,000 sq ft Nature Research Center, including LED video arrays, colour washes, backlit signage/graphics, reader rails, and a custom interactive green-building-systems model with over 1,000 programmable LED points. |
| batwin + robin productions | Media Design & Software | Produced more than 55 experiential media exhibits across the center's three floors plus 50 ambient video stories for the Daily Planet spherical theater. |