PROJECT PROFILE
STONEHENGE VISITOR CENTRE
Wiltshire, UK
HIGHLIGHT
Visitors experience the summer and
winter solstices within a few minutes
and see the landscape changing
over the thousands of years the
stones have been in place.
TECHNOLOGY
• 360-degree film based on laser
scanned images of the actual
stones
• Giant high resolution image
projection
• Multi channel audio
A Virtual Experience of Stonehenge
Prepares Visitors for Seeing the Real Thing
Overview
The new Stonehenge Visitor Centre is located 1.5 miles from, and
out of sight of, Stonehenge itself. Visitors to the Centre learn about
the site before being transported to the stones. The Centre houses
an education space, café, shop, a 360 degree film “Standing in the
Stones” and an exhibition. The exhibition includes exhibits on “The
meaning of Stonehenge”, contemporary artefacts, and “Landscape”
an exhibit showing how the surrounding land evolved over the
millennia. Electrosonic was responsible for audio-visual systems
design and integration under a direct contract with English Heritage.
Landscape display
“Electrosonic brought a can-do attitude to this complex and high profile project,
essential in getting the exhibition open on time and working well.”
Robert Campbell, Head of Interpretation, Stonehenge
Challenge
“Standing in the Stones” required careful
projection design to ensure perfect seamless
images that fitted the space and which could not
be accidentally obstructed. AV elements within
the exhibition required neat and unobtrusive
integration with the exhibits.
Solution
Electrosonic built a full scale mock-up of “Standing
in the Stones” at its UK head office in Kent. This
procedure enabled the film producers, Centre
Screen Productions, assisted by Studio Liddell,
to check the content at full size whilst ensuring
that English Heritage could be confident in the
outcome and aware of audience circulation issues.
The show uses six Panasonic DLP™ projectors fed
from a 7th Sense Delta media server accompanied
by a 7-channel soundtrack. In the exhibition,
designed and produced by Haley Sharpe Design,
the giant image required by “Landscape” used
three projectors, whereas the other exhibits at
the centre use 15.6-inch and 32-inch LCDs to aid
interpretation.
Impact
The new Stonehenge Visitor Centre provides guests
with an exciting opportunity to see the stones
throughout all seasons and decades and gain a
greater insight into their existence.
The Meaning display
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