By Native Hands

Flint Anthropology Gallery
Cranbrook Institute of Science
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Flint Anthropology Gallery opened September 2006 is a 900 square-foot exhibit space designed for changing, collection-based exhibits that includes an infrastructure for audio/visual components. The first exhibit installed in the space, By Native Hands, includes 90+ Great Lakes Indian artifacts from the museum’s collection.

Five display cases providing humidity-controlled environments incorporate artifact-friendly LED lighting. Five video monitors are arranged to correspond with the cases.

A five-section program helps visitors view the exhibit display case by display case. Each “chapter” features a display case and an adjacent video monitor. Programmed lighting highlights various artifacts in synchronization with the action on the screen. Directional or environmental sound is delivered by the ten-speaker audio system.

Hutchinson Studios provided design and project management services to implement the project.
September 2006