Queensland Museum helps a new generation see “Through the eyes of our ANZACS” with launch of immersive permanent exhibition via ROMEO Digital
Queensland Museum’s Anzac Legacy Gallery is a permanent social history exhibition created to mark the 100th Anniversary of WWI. The exhibition brings to life over 200 stories of Queensland men and women, via 12 immersive and interactive experiences created by ROMEO Digital.
Says Marco Eychenne, creative director, ROMEO: “The latest technology allowed us to use 100 year-old artefacts in new ways to create personal connections with the digital generation, as well as the typewriter generation.”
The exhibition incorporates creative storytelling, interactive touchscreens, large-scale LED walls, photogrammetry, 3D modelling and VR to present fresh points of view on WWI.
Says Geraldine Mate, principal curator at Queensland Museum: “The ANZAC legend is a key pillar of the Australian identity. We wanted to explain the ANZAC story in a contemporary way, through a personal journey that shows how Queenslanders experienced the war at home and overseas – through the eyes of our ANZACS.”
Queensland Museum will hold a special Anzac Legacy Gallery Symposium on Saturday April 27 with guest speakers covering topics including Gallipoli and beyond, Indigenous soldiers’ stories, untold stories of notable women and how the gallery itself was brought to life.
The Anzac Legacy Gallery is a free exhibition, now open.
Client: Queensland Museum
Content and interactive experience agency: ROMEO Digital
Audio visual technology company: Corporate Initiatives Australia (Ci)
5 Comments
100 years since WW1 ended was 2018.
You’re a year late.
… but just in time for the Cannes deadline… shameful.
First Anzac Day after the 100 year annivesary, for what it’s worth. Regardless of time, this creates a new and meaningful way to learn about what these men and women went through.
It’s better than that ‘Share A Biscuit’ rubbish. Now that is shameful.
@that’sgreat,except: a permanent exhibition would be a rather elaborate scam for award fodder. You should check it out. Oh, and I really like ‘Share a biscuit’, a lovely idea.
@Nancy- Totally agree on the permanent exhibition.
Can’t agree on the biscuit though. It’s a hollow idea.
@That’s great except,
I think you’ll find that for most ANZACs fighting overseas, the war to end all wars ended in 1919 for them.
Just check out the dates on any commemorative statue in any town or city of Australia, you twerp.