ESTEVAN - The Souris Valley Museum has announced it will host the travelling exhibition Ace Academy: Flight Experience, produced by the Canada Aviation and Space Museum.
Ace Academy is a digital interactive exhibition space where players enter an immersive environment and activate the intuitive experience by simply moving their bodies. Authentic aircraft imagery takes centre stage as players fly a realistic rendering of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum’s Sopwith Ship Camel biplane.
Moving their arms up and down, and tilting their bodies, players manoeuvre an airplane on screen – dodging enemy aircraft and aligning themselves to fire.
“Much like aviation technology affected the development of this field over a century ago, today’s digital technology is affecting the way museums engage with their audience," said Christina Tessier, president and CEO of Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation. "We are taking a number of strategic steps at our museums to broaden our national and international reach by leveraging exciting new technologies, and expanding their use to include travelling exhibitions.”
“The Souris Valley Museum is excited to share this interactive exhibit with our community," said Souris Valley Museum director/curator Melanie Memory. "We hope to see families and community groups visit the museum to check it out."
The exhibit is expected to open soon continue until May 16. Admission to the museum is $5 per person. It is open Monday to Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
"Additional evening and weekend hours to follow; watch our Facebook for those posted dates and times.”
