PROMOTION
 |
| Mather & Co to create viewpoint centre exhibition for Sealladh Hiort – St Kilda |
|
| 14 Apr 2023 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| / Mather |
|
Experienced exhibition designer Mather & Co has been appointed to create an exhibition in North Uist for Sealladh Hiort - St Kilda Viewpoint, part of the Outer Hebrides.
Mather & Co is a multi-disciplinary design company with over 25 years’ experience creating leading exhibitions, museums, and visitor attractions. Its work includes attractions such as Downton Abbey: The Exhibition, Silverstone Museum, Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings, Gretna Green Experience, The R&A World Golf Museum and The Royal Mint Experience.
Malissa Geersing, senior 3D designer at Mather & Co, said: “The St Kilda Viewpoint project is an incredible opportunity to interpret the spectacular landscape, wildlife and community of this unique island.
“By bringing together engaging interpretative techniques that bridge the distance to the islands – for those unable to undertake the voyage – we’re allowing the story of its landscape and its community to unfold. Visitors will be amazed by what they experience.”
St Kilda is the UK’s only dual UNESCO World Heritage Site and is home to nearly one million seabirds, including the UK’s largest colony of Atlantic puffins.
Sealladh Hiort, the new St Kilda Viewpoint Centre, will offer visitors the opportunity to discover the story of St Kilda and the surrounding Hebridean islands. As one of three proposed centres along the length of the Outer Hebrides, known as Slighe Hiort (the St Kilda Trail), the North Uist facility will take visitors on a journey through an exhibition inspired by the dramatic landscape of impressive cliffs and underwater scenery of St Kilda and other islands in the Hebrides.
The viewpoint centre will cover the archipelago’s natural history, its context in relation to other offshore Hebridean islands with very similar socio-economic histories and the role of St Kilda in the modern world.
Subjects being covered in the exhibition will include island formation, settlement, adaptation, evacuation and modern-day St Kilda.
Chair of Sealladh Hiort, Alasdair MacEachen, said: "We’re delighted with the exhibition design that the team at Mather & Co have produced for us.
“The subject of St Kilda is a challenging one to interpret - especially in this particular context when the Viewpoint Centre is one of three Slighe Hiort projects located across the Outer Hebrides where each has to keep to a limited range of pre-agreed topics. Despite this, the Mather & Co design far exceeds our original expectations, and we’re confident that when opened it will provide an exciting new facility for future island visitors."
Sensory is at the forefront of Mather & Co’s thinking. Visitors will experience the island, its history and nature by being immersed in audio-visual and sensory elements – including 360-degree views over the landscape.
Mather & Co
Address: Century House
17 Manchester Road
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 1BQ, UK
/ Credit: Mather
/ Credit: Mather
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
| PRODUCT NEWS |
|
| Eye tracking AI Aquarium from ITRI helps visitors identify fish species |
|
| It can take a while for visitors to identify the species of fish they’re looking at in an
aquarium – trying to match them up with information on an information panel can take time
and isn’t always straightforward. Now a new aquarium by Taiwan’s Industrial Technology
Research Institute (ITRI) helps by exhibiting marine life information in real time
according to visitors’ line of sight. |
|
| Behind the Scenes of IAAPA Expo 2022 with Michael Shelton |
|
| There is no place like IAAPA Expo, it’s the place to take in the most exciting sights,
smells, tastes, and sensations that will take your career and attraction to new heights! The
excitement, energy and opportunity are palpable. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
