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New! Cell Phone Audio Tours
Give your exhibits a voice! Now you can add virtually unlimited audio information to an unlimited number of tour stops to ANY type of exhibit (indoor or outdoor), simply by tapping into cell phone technology. Visitors use their own cell phones to gain access to a customized self-guided audio tour that you control. No equipment overhead, no checking in/out audio wands, no worries about equipment maintenance. Better yet, let this enhanced tour pay for itself by selling sponsor ads on the messages. Talk about targeted marketing--your visitors are using their own cell phones to listen to your sponsors' ads! This system also allows for increased patron usage during peak times without forcing you to spend more for the system than is needed. Information tracking reports give you usage figures on tour stops--how often each stop is used, how long visitors are listening at each stop, there's even an option for visitors to leave comments for you so that you can make adjustments to better serve the public. This audio application is tailor made for Museumcroft's Pastport™ Outdoor Exhibit, 4-D Traveling Exhibit™, or virtually any application where audio can be incorporated, such as providing visitors with easily updated event schedule information. Museumcroft has developed a partnership with a leading innovator in the field of cell phone audio tours to provide you with outstanding high-tech interpretation at a reasonable price. Cell phone audio tours are finally a reality, so call us for a free quote. You won't believe your ears! (in a good way) Custom DesignMuseumcroft is known for innovative, original exhibit design work. From conceptual designs on paper to finished fabrication, Museumcroft is ready to help bring your exhibit ideas to life. We produce a full ranges of services--pre-exhibit content surveys, conceptual designs, narrative development, label text authoring, graphic renderings, scaled layout drawings, construction prints, and installation management.   
Whether your display need is for a new gallery, a house museum, the lobby of your company business, or a hidden corner of your local church or library, we can help you develop an exciting, engaging exhibit to fit your needs. Contact us for a free quotation. Get the Picture?  
The Pastport™ Outdoor ExhibitThe Pastport™ Outdoor Exhibit is a groundbreaking landscape interpretive technique which builds upon the idea of photographic site replication from the field of historical archaeology. Using a special process, an image is transferred into a large format transparency which is then permanently mounted in an all-weather viewing station on the precise location depicted in the original image. When an observer looks through the frame, they see the image superimposed onto the present landscape. The effect is truly amazing, for the viewer simultaneously sees subjects in the image such as people, structures, vehicles, etc. as well as current features on today’s landscape, and all of it is in vivid living color. It is almost as if time collapses and the subjects in the image fuse with the present landscape.
As the name implies, the Pastport™ was first developed for use at historic sites and other outdoor locations where old photographs could breathe new life into the landscape in an exciting interactive way. Urban planners with local brownfield sites have become particularly interested in making use of Pastport™ Exhibits to honor the historic contributions of past factories and businesses while planning for renewed development of the same land. Recently, architects and building contractors have discovered that the Pastport™ Outdoor Exhibit need not be limited to the past. By incorporating a transparent version of an architectural rendering of a future building project, the Pastport™ becomes a powerful interactive tool for showing the public how the landscape will appear in the very near future. The Pastport™ has become a "future-port" too!
Frosty Bonus! The Pastport™ Outdoor Exhibit is designed to be a year-round, all-weather interpretive device, and if you live in a colder climate, you will discover an added bonus of the Pastport™ in winter months. Frost will form on the window, turning the semi-transparent image into a remarkably sharp translucent image similar to bathroom glass. So, just when snowfall starts to make access to the Pastport™ more difficult, the Pastport™ responds by making the image even more startling than before. Watch for this beautiful bonus during the morning hours after frosts. Add Audio and the Sky is the Limit Now you have the capacity to add virtually unlimited detail to your Pastport™ Outdoor Exhibit by tapping into Museumcroft's Cell Phone Audio Tours. When a text label just isn't enough, or if you want to sell audio sponsor ads to underwrite your Pastports, the Cell Phone Audio option can make the Pastport™ sing like a bird. Quality and Value Pastport™ Outdoor Exhibits make a handsome addition to any museum landscape, park, brownfield site, historic setting, or new building site, attracting attention simply because of the unique design. Constructed from the highest quality materials, the frame assembly is custom made of beautiful western red cedar, and the image is encapsulated in weatherproof Plexiglas. Pastport™ Outdoor Exhibits are built in a standard 24" x 36" window size which may run either horizontally or vertically and retail for $850 per unit not including shipping (discounts available for multiple-unit purchases). Install a Pastport™ Outdoor Exhibit today. Your visitors will thank you. Three things to think about when preparing to order your Pastport™ Outdoor Exhibit:
Maybe you really like the idea of the Pastport™ Outdoor Exhibit, but you don't have the photos necessary to interpret your own historic landscape--we have a couple of compromises for you! Generic historic images such as a 19th century steam locomotive coming down the railroad tracks, a horse and buggy traveling down a street, early sea vessels on the water, aeroplanes of all kinds in the air, etc. will work just as well in a Pastport™ as a location specific photo. The key for using these images is the lack of observable reference points in the background. While we strongly recommend using historically accurate photographs when ever possible, we acknowledge that sometimes just the effect of witnessing "ghosts of the past" is enough reason to install a Pastport™.
Many sites interpret subjects that do not allow for photographic documentation, such as prehistoric sites. Another common problem is that photographs do exist, but none were taken from the vantage point of where you want to place the Pastport™ on today's landscape. No problem. Give us a current photograph of the spot where you want to place your Pastport™ and a clear idea of the subject matter and for a small fee we'll create a custom artistic rendering of your scene. Now, there's no reason to say, "we simply can't interpret our landscape for lack of images." We've solved that problem through the clever use of generic photographs and custom-made artistic renderings. Wondering how you're going to pay for your new Pastport™ Outdoor Exhibit? Picture This!Pastport™ Indoor Window PanelsThe success of the Pastport™ Outdoor Exhibit has led to an exciting new development which takes the concept right to your nearest window! We can now produce custom-sized image panels which can be applied directly to the inside surface of glass windows. The image can be in black and white or full color, and can be produced in crystal-clear semi-transparency or opaque to maximize the visual impact. Installation is do-it-yourself and easily accomplished by anyone, further keeping costs to a minimum.
Imagine the possibilities! You grew up in Manhattan, but the corporate world has relocated you to someplace far less urban, and you long to see that familiar skyline--no problem, we'll bring the Big Apple back to your favorite window! Do you have a window that looks out on a "not-so-great" landscape that you wish were more pleasing to the eye? Consider seeing the Pyramids at Giza or the Eiffel Tower replacing your present view! Maybe it's not man's landscape, but nature's panorama for which you yearn--mountain ranges, tropical beaches, desert canyons, even celestial landscapes beyond Earth. If there is a photograph or an artistic rendering of the scene, then we can bring it to life with a Pastport™ Indoor Window Panel. Because window sizes vary widely, each Pastport™ Indoor Window Panel is a custom application, so call for a free detailed quotation. Get Your Message Out!Introducing the 4-D Traveling Exhibit™The Museumcroft 4-D Traveling Exhibit is a free-standing wire-grid frame unit mounted onto locking castors. Each four-sided unit has a total of 72 square feet of vertical exhibit wall space providing great versatility at an affordable price. A wide variety of removable panel styles are available in several colors of corrugated plastic and vinyl finished foamcore. Units may be electrified for spotlighting, equipped with audio/visual interactive components, and even fitted with secure exhibit cases for small artifacts. The durability of the wire frame construction furnishes a stable, reusable base for many years of on-the-go exhibiting. Replacement of damaged or worn exhibit panels, or the establishment of new traveling exhibit themes, is as simple as producing new panels. If you do the research, we'll assemble your customized 4-D Traveling Exhibit for a base price of $699, not including shipping. Optional finishes and audio/visual components effect final price. Discounts are available for purchases of two or more units. Please contact us for a detailed quotation.
Traveling exhibits are a great tool for expanding the audience of your museum or interpretive center. When you develop and circulate your own traveling exhibit, you reach beyond your own four walls and out into the lives of people where they work, play, and enhance the quality of life. Suddenly, visitors don’t have to make an extra effort to come to your facility, instead, you have taken your museum to the visitors. Museumcroft 4-D Traveling Exhibits have been used in museums, libraries, post offices, schools, retirement communities, churches, shopping malls, and community centers of all kinds. But it’s not all for the public’s benefit alone. Imagine how much more leverage you have when the next time you apply for a grant, you have at your disposal the visitor attendance figures of people who were exposed to your museum’s 4-D Traveling Exhibit. Maybe a potential donor comes in contact with your organization for the first time via a traveling exhibit. What do they see? Do they see a sleepy little local museum, or do they see an innovative institution expanding beyond it’s borders to reach every man, woman, and child in the region? For as little as $699, you can buy yourself a nice lump of justification that clearly demonstrates the vital services that your organization provides to your community, and the surrounding public at large. |
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