Bring Strike a Chord to your science centre, museum, gallery or community festival!
Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre has been building and touring exhibitions for the Australian and world markets for over 20 years. Combined, our exhibition services staff have more than 300 people years of experience in developing creative, interactive exhibits.
Strike a Chord has been planned, designed, and constructed at our base in Canberra, Australia. Its interactive and multimedia exhibits feature a wide range of hands-on activities. To make touring easier, we've built it to be modular and highly portable and cater to a range of venues, from regional to metropolitan.
Audience
Strike a Chord appeals to visitors of all ages, particularly older primary school students through to adults. Several exhibits are suitable for people with hearing disabilities as they focus on vibrations that can be felt as well as heard.
Number of Exhibits
Strike a Chord consists of 17 hands-on exhibits, plus quirky fact graphic panels.
Questacon Provides
- Exhibition logos
- Promotional images and samples of marketing materials
- Technical support (via telephone) during Questacon business hours
- Educational background notes - online
Host Venue Provides
- Hire fee
- All return freight costs
- Insurance during travel and for static risk cover at the venue
- Cost of forklift with long tynes for forks and cost of forklift driver
- Cost of two Questacon technicians over five days to lead the installation of the exhibition and the cost of two Questacon technicians over four days to lead the dismantling of the exhibition
- Four local technicians over five days to assist in the installation and four local technicians over four days to assist in the dismantling of the exhibition
- Basic toolkit
- Two pallet jacks
- Storage space for crates and spares box (30-40 m2)
Floor Space
Up to 400 m2 of display space
Floor Loading
Hard level floor capable of supporting 10 tonnes
Minimum Gallery Height
3.2 metres
Power
Standard 240 volt for exhibits
Install/Deinstall Time
It takes five days to install and four days to deinstall the exhibition.
More Info
For more information about Strike a Chord or any of our other touring exhibitions, please contact us with any questions.
+61 2 6126 2211
exhibitions@questacon.edu.au
