The Children's Museum, Indianapolis, IN, USA
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis sends kids of all ages on a magically colorful ride with Color Kinetics full spectrum digital lighting. In the early 1970s, the museum added an original Victorian-era Dentzel carousel to its collection, and spent the next few years painstakingly restoring it to its former glory. The carousel is now part of the museum's permanent exhibits, offering carefree rides to the over 1 million children and adults who visit each year. The museum added a high tech touch to the exhibit to entertain and enthrall the museum's visitors on the carousel, as well as while they are in line awaiting their carousel ride - full spectrum digital lighting from Color Kinetics. The Museum installed Color Kinetics® ColorBlast® fixtures to illuminate a 75' long wall behind the carousel with vibrant colors and brilliant color changing effects. Approximately 24 ColorBlast fixtures are inconspicuously hidden in an alcove on the ceiling above the 20' tall wall. The unique design of ColorBlast uses an industrial-grade constant torque hinge, meaning the slim and sleek fixtures can be angled so that the wall is softly bathed in a wash of colors and color changing effects. The fixtures are controlled via an ETC lighting console to run a custom 20-minute light show of fixed colors, color washes and rainbows throughout the day. Completing the exhibit is a 50' in diameter, midnight blue ceiling with 5,000 fiber optic "stars."

Color Kinetics Products Used:
24 ColorBlast fixtures

Control:
ETC lighting console

Designed by:
Craig Wetli, Senior Exhibit Designer, The Children's Museum of Indianapolis; CM Buck, Indianapolis, IN

Photo credit:
Randy Johnson, The Children's Museum of Indianapolis