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All ideas

Walkthrough exhibition

Build a place worth exploring.

A connected journey of responsive rooms and hands-on moments, shaped around a story people move through together.

A starting point for

  • Ticketed attractions
  • Cultural and education venues
  • Longer-running destinations

Illustrative sample

Northern Wild

A route through interactive landscapes invites families to discover, contribute and gather for a shared finale.

Proven show capabilities · new attraction
Studio planning allowance$150K–$300KCAD · before HST · third-party costs additional
Initial schedule4–8 monthsfrom prototype start to opening, with the final programme set by site and attraction scope.
Space at a glanceIllustrative starting point: 5,000 sq ft or more in connected zonesSee practicalities for access, power and queue space.
Illustrative 3D scene for Northern Wild; proposed creative, not a photograph of a delivered installation
Explore the installation

Look around the space and follow the guest journey.

Illustrative render · 3D loads when you choose.

Read the practical details

The guest journey

A clear way in.
A reason to stay.

  1. Enter the story

    An opening chapter establishes the world and how to participate.

  2. Explore the zones

    Guests discover physical and digital interactions along a legible route.

  3. Leave a contribution

    Their choices or creations become visible in the exhibition.

  4. Meet at the finale

    A shared destination brings the story to a clear close.

What this sample represents

Start with what’s proven.
Test what’s new.

See delivered work

Existing capability

Illuminarium shows demonstrate large-scale interactive storytelling and operation across multiple cities.

Developed for your version

The illustrated exhibition is a new story, visitor route and venue-specific attraction.

The practical details

Make room for
the whole experience.

These are planning assumptions for the sample. Your venue, audience and operating hours shape the final specification.

Space & power
Illustrative starting point: 5,000 sq ft or more in connected zones; dedicated AV/sensor service.
Guests & pace
Planning example: 60–150 guests at once and 250–400/hour with timed entry. Final occupancy and dwell are set by the venue plan.
People to run it
Entry, floor hosting, technical operation and maintenance form a dedicated staffing plan.
Venue checks
  • Visitor flow, accessible routes, exits and occupancy are part of early site design.
  • Plan daily maintenance, replacement hardware and content reset across a longer run.
  • Ticketing, supervision, safeguarding and sensory accommodations need owner and venue input.

Creative directions

Your story changes everything.

These fictional directions show how the format can serve a different brief.

A living landscape

Explore ecosystems through movement, sound and collective contributions.

A science journey

Let each room make an abstract idea tangible through play.

A growing wish tree

Visitor contributions build a seasonal centrepiece that changes over time.

From idea to opening

Know what
you’re planning.

How we build together

What we build for your brief

Three studio workstreams shape this direction. Your proposal defines the final deliverables and keeps vendor costs separate.

  • The visitor story

    A connected narrative, distinct zones and a clear shared finale.

  • Interactive scenes and stations

    The art, software and visitor contributions within each chapter.

  • The attraction integration

    Coordinate the visitor route, show control and responsive media with the site and AV design.

Studio planning allowance · CAD

$150K–$300K

Planning allowance in CAD, before HST. Studio creative and software are separate from third-party hardware, fabrication and site costs. Final scope and live operating hours are agreed in the proposal.

Third-party costs. Venue preparation, fabrication, AV systems, ticketing and ongoing operations are separately scoped.

Schedule. 4–8 months · from prototype start to opening, with the final programme set by site and attraction scope.

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During the run—and after it

The sample installation window is 5–10 days, with 1–2 days to strike; the actual schedule follows the site plan. The proposal separates opening delivery from staffing, ticketing, maintenance and later content refreshes.

What the recap can tell you

Admissions and route observations provide a basis for visits and dwell. Repeat visits can be measured with ticketing or another agreed method, alongside the programme’s goals.

Make it your own

Bring the brief.
We’ll shape the possibilities.

Tell us the audience, the moment and what you want them to do. A venue or final budget can come later.

Discuss Northern Wild