Sign Builder Illustrated - May 2008 - (Page 66)

Originally built on a landfill and designed to settle slightly over time, the facility has settled up to thirty inches in some places, far exceeding expectations. Engineers have determined that the Museum and Visitor Center must be replaced within two years; if not, it will have to be abandoned for safety reasons. Fundraising is currently underway to support the construction of the new facility, which will be expanded to accommodate the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial’s existing Museum and Visitor Center’s 1.6 million annual attendees. The facility’s Web site (www.pearlharbormemorial.com) says the new Center will be “the world’s primary repository and exhibitor of information, photographs, artifacts, and research surrounding the Pearl Harbor attack and early World War II in the Pacific.” Last December, to boost fundraising initiatives, the Arizona Memorial Museum Association (AMMA) and its Pearl Harbor Memorial Fund (PHMF) installed several digital displays at the museum’s entrance. Pacific Digital Signs (PDS) (www.pacificdigitalsigns.com) 66 Sign Builder Illustrated May 2008 and NEC Display Solutions (www.necdisplay.com) supplied an interactive donor display, an interactive memorial display, digital signage displays, and a donation kiosk to allow selfservice donations via credit and debit cards. “There were several areas where we thought that technology would be a great way to enhance our fundraising efforts, as well as recognize our thousands of donors,” says PHMF Director of Development Laurie Moore. ”We also wanted to honor the thousands of heroes of our U.S. military and civilians, both past and present.” Display Information The first display helps promote fundraising efforts by listing donors; it also helps the PHMF staff organize donor information. The first large LCD screen displays two scrolling memorial lists—the first of which displays individual and company donors (currently over 25,000). A fifteen-inch touch screen below the forty-inch LCD display allows donors to search for their names by either last name or by state. A second list honors military and civilian heroes and enables visitors to leave messages and tributes to fallen soldiers and civilians. This list is also searchable and currently contains over 10,000 honorees. Names are added to each list remotely via the PDSdesigned software. All updates are done remotely, allowing AMMA staff to make updates from their offices without having to go to the museum floor to make changes to the displays. “With thousands of existing donors and new donors and memorial dedications every day, this was an ideal way to honor them,” says PHMF Database Manager Krista Hoffman. “The technology allows us to easily add or edit names whenever we want, without expensive reprinting!” The third digital display features marketing and museum information, as well as special greetings and messages to museum visitors. The software allows for scheduled content of various media types including Flash ™, Web pages, PowerPoint™, video and customized tickers (among other features). Finally the donor kiosk facilitates

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Sign Builder Illustrated - May 2008 Contents SBI Agenda Quotes & Comments Contributors Costly Concerns Dispatches Sign Show Dateline: Time to Find a New Identity Teaching a New Dog Old Tricks Sign Illumination: It’s Time to Pay Attention Restoring Old Photographs for Digital Printing Price Doesn’t Sell the Signs You Want to Make Architects in LED Codes for Electric Signs: Don’t Get Blindsided! Digital Displays at the Pearl Harbor Museum The Art of Wayfinding Signage Grand Format National Following Traffic Sign Regulations Designs on ADA Signage Painting Professionally SBI Marketplace Imagine-It Graphics

Sign Builder Illustrated - May 2008

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