Maya – The Great
Jaguar Rises
The exhibition Maya — The Great Jaguar Rises premiered on 15 May, 2019 at the Royal BC Museum in Victoria, British Columbia. MuseumsPartner coordinated the entire project.
The Project
Many visits to Guatemala were necessary to clarify all political terms and conditions of the loans. Additionally, many artifacts had to be restored for the upcoming tour.
Developing a traveling exhibition of this size and making it attractive for both museums and visitors is very complex and requires a lot of experience. MuseumsPartner commissioned architects to design the exhibition architecture. Carpenters produced showcases for 1000 m2 exhibition space.
Multimedia specialist programmed the interactive elements according to the specifications provided by the curator and MuseumsPartner. Film makers were shooting the scenes for the exhibition videos in Guatemala. In-house graphic artists designed the exhibition text panels and the catalogue.
Despite great time pressure, our installation team managed to install all showcases and graphic panels on site at the right time.
The climate crates for the artifacts were produced (by our professional team) in Innsbruck and shipped to Guatemala. MuseumsPartner art handlers wrapped the artifacts in special soft packing materials and placed them carefully in their allocated spaces in the crates.
Some of the more than 2000 kg heavy stelae even had to be detached from their concrete bases inside the National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology before they could be packed into the fine art crates.
Air and sea freight were meticulously planned and coordinated with the couriers so that everything was in its right place at the right time in Victoria.
A breathtaking exhibition with unique Maya objects, a happy team, amazed visitors and huge media response proved that all the planning was worth the effort.
The Project
Many visits to Guatemala were necessary to clarify all political terms and conditions of the loans. Additionally, many artifacts had to be restored for the upcoming tour.
Developing a traveling exhibition of this size and making it attractive for both museums and visitors is very complex and requires a lot of experience. MuseumsPartner commissioned architects to design the exhibition architecture. Carpenters produced showcases for 1000 m2 exhibition space.
Multimedia specialist programmed the interactive elements according to the specifications provided by the curator and MuseumsPartner. Film makers were shooting the scenes for the exhibition videos in Guatemala. In-house graphic artists designed the exhibition text panels and the catalogue.
Despite great time pressure, our installation team managed to install all showcases and graphic panels on site at the right time.
The climate crates for the artifacts were produced (by our professional team) in Innsbruck and shipped to Guatemala. MuseumsPartner art handlers wrapped the artifacts in special soft packing materials and placed them carefully in their allocated spaces in the crates.
Some of the more than 2000 kg heavy stelae even had to be detached from their concrete bases inside the National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology before they could be packed into the fine art crates.
Air and sea freight were meticulously planned and coordinated with the couriers so that everything was in its right place at the right time in Victoria.
A breathtaking exhibition with unique Maya objects, a happy team, amazed visitors and huge media response proved that all the planning was worth the effort.
A further project
The unfinished monumental painting “Spring“, by Hans Markart from 1881 was an amazing project for our art handlers.
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