Sioux City Public Museum

Multimedia experiences inspired by Sioux City’s dramatic history of booms and busts, disasters and triumphs continue to draw visitors to the city’s museum.

Designer
Hilferty & Associates
Components
12
Location
Sioux City, IA, USA
Size
12,000 sq. ft.
Roles

Media Master Planning

Exhibit Design Collaboration

Media Experience Design & Production

Digital Interactive Design & Development

Tech Systems Design & Oversight

Immersive Theater Design

American Alliance of Museums MUSE Award Winner

Innovation I-Wall

Digital Interactive

Two local businesses that made it big are featured in this playful and clever interactive.

Single-User Interactive Physical/Digital Interactive Animation

Spirit of Sioux City

Immersive Theater

A lively retelling of Sioux City’s story is set in an immersive theater designed to echo the city’s spectacular 19th-century corn palaces.

Theatrical Effects Theater Design Animation Projection Mapping

Turn Back Time

Digital Interactive

A fun steampunk-themed interactive invites visitors to travel through time to explore the growth and development of Sioux City.

Animation Single-User Interactive Custom Electromechanical UI Physical/Digital Interactive

The Disaster and Recovery Wall

Multimedia Experience

On the facade of a fire-ravaged building, dramatic stories of fires, floods, and a historic plane wreck unfold.

Theater Design Theatrical Effects