EXHIBITION TECHNICAL INFORMATION

KEY OBJECT DISPLAYS

The exhibition comprises some 200 objects sourced from Auckland Museum’s pre-eminent and extensive Pacific collection, and from other internationally recognised collections.

Large scale replica of voyaging canoe
Full sized sailing canoes
Sculpture
Artefacts
boat-building and seagoing navigation tools and instruments
Logbooks, diaries and other textual materials
Engravings and charts

CONTENT

Vaka Moana is a beautifully presented exhibition. Powerful artefacts, high quality graphics and multi media technologies are employed to create a sense-extending experience of the colour, beauty and vastness of the Pacific. The exhibition is a complete turn-key package comprising:

Display environments and props
Graphic and didactic material
Photographic murals
Film footage
Soundscapes
Interactives
Multimedia installations

INSTALLATION

The exhibition is designed for ease of installation, and the modular format will suit a variety of venue shapes. Gross space requirements 700 - 900m2. Design advice and supervision is available prior to, and during, installation. A courier arrives with the artefacts to condition report the objects. The unpack and installation is estimated to take three weeks from point of delivery.