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| Imagine a version of the National
Mall exhibition, customized for your community, placed outside
your museum, in your park, downtown, or on a university campus,
and training for your community’s educators on lessons
meant to be used before and after a tour through the Solar
System.
Engage your school district, science center/museum,
university, and civic organi-zations in a community-wide celebration
of what we know about our place in space…
and that we can know it.
Below is a summary of the exhibition’s
design features, followed by information regarding customization,
site requirements, and installation. |
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Designed for a minimum 10-year lifetime, using
materials with proven durability. Units are made of solid anodized
aluminum and feature:
- High-resolution full-color storyboards and interpretive
materials on porcelain enamel panels.
- Planets and moons, laser-sculpted in 3-dimensions
inside solid crystal, with a hardened (tempered) glass front-plate.
The Voyage exhibition on the National Mall
in Washington, D.C., has been in place since October 2001. Washington,
D.C., is associated with large seasonal variations in ambient conditions,
and the National Mall is one of the nation's highest visitor traffic
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The exhibition is comprised of 13 units placed along
a 600-meter (2,000-foot) path:
- Ten 8.5-foot tall units for the Sun and nine planets.
- Three 3.75-foot tall units: two providing an overview
of the exhibition, and one for comets/asteroids.
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| Seamless fusion of sculptural elements and a powerful
space science education experience. Can be naturally integrated
with the outdoor spaces associated with:
- A museum, cultural center, or science center;
- Park or other recreational environment;
- University campus; or
- City-scape, or government campus.
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| Each exhibition unit includes a customized site map
providing its location relative to the other 12 units and local landmarks.
An acknowledgment and logo for any underwriting organizations can
be placed on the two exhibition overview units. |
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| Prospective Voyage Communities must
have access to a reasonably flat and linear plot of ground that is
at least 600 meters (650 yards) in length. Modifications to the one
to 10-billion scale of the model Solar System, in order to accommodate
shorter paths, are not possible. |
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| Individual stations are delivered fully assembled.
An installation guide identifies accurate placement of the exhibition
units and requirements for construction of the concrete footings.
Assistance is available throughout the site identification and preparation
process to address a variety of issues that will arise, e.g., accuracy
of planet placement versus avoidance of utility fixtures, streets,
and pathways. |
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