interpretive media awards.
interior exhibit.
An exhibit designed for interior use, interpreting natural or cultural history resources, events, processes, and/or mission or activities of a resource-based agency or organization. Traveling and trailer-mounted exhibits are also included in this category.
2017.
first place.
Logoly State Park Visitor Center
Taylor Studios, Inc. and Arkansas State Parks
A unique storytelling approach immerses visitors intimately into the story of the Logoly forest.
Logoly State Park Visitor Center
Taylor Studios, Inc. and Arkansas State Parks
A unique storytelling approach immerses visitors intimately into the story of the Logoly forest.
second place.
Kinzua Bridge State Park Visitor Center and Park Office
106 Group, Pennsylvania DCNR Bureau of State Parks, Blue Rhino Studio, Argentine Productions, and KidZibits
Enticing multi-sensory and multi-modal elements showcase the beauty of the park’s natural environment.
Kinzua Bridge State Park Visitor Center and Park Office
106 Group, Pennsylvania DCNR Bureau of State Parks, Blue Rhino Studio, Argentine Productions, and KidZibits
Enticing multi-sensory and multi-modal elements showcase the beauty of the park’s natural environment.
third place.
Natural Regions Gallery at Indiana State Museum
Taylor Studios, Inc. and Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites
Conveying the wonder and importance of Indiana’s lost or at-risk landscapes by placing the visitor in lush, immersive, and stunningly realistic dioramas.
Natural Regions Gallery at Indiana State Museum
Taylor Studios, Inc. and Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites
Conveying the wonder and importance of Indiana’s lost or at-risk landscapes by placing the visitor in lush, immersive, and stunningly realistic dioramas.
2016.
first place.
Scaly Slimy Spectacular: The Amphibian and Reptile Experience
Zoo Atlanta
This is the world’s first LEED Gold-certified reptile and amphibian exhibit. Scaly Slimy Spectacular encompasses a 2.2 acre footprint, 14,000 feet square. Scaly Slimy Spectacular is also notable for its all-digital, touch-screen interpretive signage. Scaly Slimy Spectacular represents a new era for wildlife experiences, not only within Zoo Atlanta, but in the zoological community at large.
Scaly Slimy Spectacular: The Amphibian and Reptile Experience
Zoo Atlanta
This is the world’s first LEED Gold-certified reptile and amphibian exhibit. Scaly Slimy Spectacular encompasses a 2.2 acre footprint, 14,000 feet square. Scaly Slimy Spectacular is also notable for its all-digital, touch-screen interpretive signage. Scaly Slimy Spectacular represents a new era for wildlife experiences, not only within Zoo Atlanta, but in the zoological community at large.
second place.
Cave Discovery Experience
Oregon Caves National Monument and EDX Exhibits
As a National Park visitor center, the exhibits need to orient visitors to the park’s significances, resources, and opportunities, and to interpret the park's primary interpretive themes. These themes include providing an adventurous taste for cave exploration, an introduction to the geology that creates the strange and unusual beauty of a calcified cave, and an understanding of the weird ecology within the dark folds of a cave. The park wanted the exhibit to be engaging, reflective, interactive, and accessible to diverse visitors.
Cave Discovery Experience
Oregon Caves National Monument and EDX Exhibits
As a National Park visitor center, the exhibits need to orient visitors to the park’s significances, resources, and opportunities, and to interpret the park's primary interpretive themes. These themes include providing an adventurous taste for cave exploration, an introduction to the geology that creates the strange and unusual beauty of a calcified cave, and an understanding of the weird ecology within the dark folds of a cave. The park wanted the exhibit to be engaging, reflective, interactive, and accessible to diverse visitors.
third place.
Ohiopyle State Park Office / Laurel Highland Falls Area Visitor Center
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and 106 Group
The ongoing conflict of water and rock continues to forge a unique and diverse landscape, sustain abundant flora and fauna, and influence human activity at Ohiopyle State Park and throughout the Laurel Highlands Region.
Ohiopyle State Park Office / Laurel Highland Falls Area Visitor Center
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and 106 Group
The ongoing conflict of water and rock continues to forge a unique and diverse landscape, sustain abundant flora and fauna, and influence human activity at Ohiopyle State Park and throughout the Laurel Highlands Region.
2015.
first place.
Designing for the Future: The Olmsteds and the American Landscape
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
"Designing for the Future: The Olmsteds and the American Landscape" approaches the impact of Frederick Law Olmsted, his sons and their partners and successors through the lens of their influential legacy.
Designing for the Future: The Olmsteds and the American Landscape
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
"Designing for the Future: The Olmsteds and the American Landscape" approaches the impact of Frederick Law Olmsted, his sons and their partners and successors through the lens of their influential legacy.
second place (tie).
The Power of Human Connections
North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives and Split Rock Studios
The Power of Human Connections interior exhibit communicates to visitors that cooperation empowers and energizes the community. It bring new awareness of the integral role that electric cooperatives provide to the community and encourages visitors to be more responsible about their energy consumption.
The Power of Human Connections
North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives and Split Rock Studios
The Power of Human Connections interior exhibit communicates to visitors that cooperation empowers and energizes the community. It bring new awareness of the integral role that electric cooperatives provide to the community and encourages visitors to be more responsible about their energy consumption.
second place (tie).
Shipwrecks Alive!
Great Lakes Aquarium
Shipwrecks Alive! provides an in-depth look at the fascinating world of sunken ships and the diverse wildlife they attract and the ecosystems they sustain. The exhibit focuses on three unique examples of shipwrecks serving as underwater habitat in three distinct parts of the world: Lake Superior; the South Pacific; and, the Mediterranean Sea.
Shipwrecks Alive!
Great Lakes Aquarium
Shipwrecks Alive! provides an in-depth look at the fascinating world of sunken ships and the diverse wildlife they attract and the ecosystems they sustain. The exhibit focuses on three unique examples of shipwrecks serving as underwater habitat in three distinct parts of the world: Lake Superior; the South Pacific; and, the Mediterranean Sea.