From early strategy to the completed installation, we gave the Milton Hershey School a new way of introducing themselves to the world. The Founders Hall Visitor Experience immerses visitors in the school’s history, from its founding over a century ago to the students who call the campus home today.
Milton Hershey School
Founders Hall Visitor Experience
Founders Hall Rotunda with a video being projected on the ceiling.
Project Overview
The Milton Hershey School, a free boarding school founded by a famous chocolatier, wanted a modern visitors center.
Project Videos and Images
Rotunda Dome Projections
At the center of Founders Hall is the second largest rotunda in the country. We activated its ceiling with a film that combines archival documents with custom animation to tell the story of Milton Hershey’s life and the early days of the school.
Founders Hall Rotunda with a video being projected on the ceiling.
The building’s unique shape was an opportunity to experiment with projection mapping and illusions, combining classical architecture with contemporary technology.
Story Columns
Through a suite of video towers, current students share highlights from campus life. Our original video work offers a glimpse into day-to-day life at the Milton Hershey School.
Motion-activated video screens show films of student life.
Because the video kiosks are motion-activated, guests are personally greeted by the student on screen and immediately pulled into the start of a fresh story.
Interactive Yearbook
An interactive yearbook, combining a touch screen and digital projection, encourages visitors to explore the school’s history.
Visitors explore an interactive yearbook that combines a touch screen with projected video.
The large-scale wall projection responds to user feedback on the touch screen, with projected animations aligning with the more in-depth touch screen content.
Ambient Archives
Our team had the privilege of sifting through a century of school archives, pulling out photos and documents to illustrate the Milton Hershey School’s core values and continuing legacy.
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Two women walk past a series of projections highlighting Hershey's vision for the school.
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A montage of students is projected onto a large wall.
Something that really resonated with me was something very close to what I say… 'What do you want people to know? What do you want people to feel?' and Bluecadet took it one step further with this: 'What do you want them to do? What's that call to action?'