Museums · 2021
G.K. Zhukov Museum
Museums / G.K. Zhukov Museum
About the project
Fifteen multimedia installations for the new exhibition at the Victory Museum’s branch in the town of Zhukov, opened on 1 December 2021 for the marshal’s 125th birth anniversary.
On 1 December 2021, the 125th anniversary of Georgy Zhukov’s birth, a new exhibition opened at the Victory Museum’s branch, the G.K. Zhukov Museum, in the town of Zhukov in Kaluga Region. It presents the marshal’s life and military career more fully than ever before — from his childhood in the village of Strelkovka to his post-war disgrace.
We created the multimedia for the exhibition: touch panels and pylons, a quiz, an interactive book, video quotations, films and a hologram — fifteen installations in seven thematic sections.
- 15
- multimedia installations
- 7
- thematic sections
- 01.12.2021
- opening for the marshal’s 125th anniversary
Year
2021
Industry
Museums
Scope of work
15 multimedia installations
Venue
G.K. Zhukov Museum, branch of the Victory Museum, Zhukov
The task
The exhibition is built around seven sections — “Vocation”, “Valour”, “Art”, “Honour”, “Integrity”, “Triumph” and “Duty”. Each needed its own way of telling the story: in some, visitors browse the materials themselves; in others they watch a film or test themselves in a quiz. Everything had to be working for the opening on 1 December.
What we did
“Vocation”. The touch panel “From private to general” has five sections: “Origins”, “In defence of the Fatherland”, “Red Army soldier”, “The ascent: from regiment commander to corps commander”, “Khalkhin Gol: the making of a commander”.
“Valour”. The touch table “Commander of the Great Patriotic War”, housed in a case made of weapon crates, has nine sections, from “On the eve” to “From the Vistula to the Oder”: “The sacred war”, “The Guards offensive”, “Saving Leningrad”, “The collapse of the Blitzkrieg”, “The Stalingrad turning point”, “The Battle of Kursk”, “Liberation”. Display panels with materials on the marshal’s achievements.
“Art”. Two quizzes: “Marshal of Victory”, about Zhukov himself, and “Weapons of Victory”, about military hardware; the second is also built into a table made of weapon crates. At the end of the game the visitor sees how many answers they got right. A film.
“Honour”. Six touch pylons on Zhukov’s comrades-in-arms: A.M. Vasilevsky, V.D. Sokolovsky, I.S. Konev, I.Kh. Bagramyan, K.K. Rokossovsky and L.A. Govorov.
“Integrity”. The touch panel “At the heights of power”: “Falls and rises”, “Building the country’s nuclear missile shield”, “Minister of Defence”, “Disgrace under Khrushchev”.
“Triumph”. The touch panel “The victor’s triumph”: “On to Berlin!”, “The enemy’s unconditional surrender”, “Two Victory Parades”, “Commander-in-chief in Germany”. A film.
“Duty”. An interactive book. A camera recognises the open spread by a marker on the page, and animated text and photographs are projected onto it — ten spreads.
Video quotations in the “Vocation”, “Valour”, “Art” and “Honour” sections: handwritten quotations and the years of events over archive photographs on the walls.
A hologram.
How it is built
Six pylons with iiyama ProLite 32″ touch monitors and four AMS 43″ touch panels — three built into walls, one free-standing.
Projectors: a Barco G60 for the central area and a Panasonic PT-RCQ10 for the hologram.
The screen applications were written for this exhibition; materials arrive via an API and are cached on site.
A unified visual language across the interfaces: a dark background, red and sand accents, archive photographs with torn edges, handwritten quotations.
Result
The exhibition opened on 1 December 2021, the 125th anniversary of the marshal’s birth: fifteen multimedia installations in seven thematic sections.
