Conceptual Design
The orientation exhibit envelops visitors in
the 1901 Pan American Exposition, alive with a rich soundscape, artifacts, and working arcade activities. Visitors turn the hand-crank of a kinetoscope to view footage of the Exposition, and try their hand at shrewd business decisions in the period arcade game, Captain of Industry. A lush film describes the Gilded Age and culminates in dramatic environmental effects, as President McKinley is assassinated.