Hailing Frequencies!
Earth’s headquarters for science fiction and pop culture will stage a 50th Anniversary Star Trek exhibition. From ships of the line to Starfleet style worn by legendary actors and even the props that were ahead of their time – set phasers for awesome as the Seattle institution goes warp factor fun.
EMP Museum announced the opening of a new exhibition, Star Trek: Exploring New Worlds, as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the iconic franchise. The fully immersive exhibition, under license by CBS Consumer Products, will showcase Star Trek’s significant impact on culture, society, arts, sports, technology and fashion, and feature more than 100 rare artifacts, set pieces, and props from the television series, spinoffs, and films.
Many of the elements featured are from a private collection and have never been on public display before. In addition, fans can participate in state-of-the art interactive photo and video opportunities. Star Trek: Exploring New Worlds opens at EMP on May 21, 2016.
“Fifty years after Star Trek: The Original Series first aired, its stories continue to energize people worldwide,” says Brooks Peck, Curator at EMP Museum. “This exhibition explores that phenomenon, its enduring impact on our culture and how Star Trek’s themes of optimism, equality, and heroism have inspired people to imagine, explore and create.”
Exhibition highlights include:
– Set pieces from Star Trek: The Original Series, including Captain Kirk’s command chair and the navigation console, which will be on display for the first time to the public
– More than 100 props and artifacts from the five Star Trek television series and many of the films including original series tricorder, communicator, and phaser; a Borg cube, Klingon disruptor pistol, tribbles, and more
– Rare costumes including Spock’s tunic worn by Leonard Nimoy, Lt. Uhura’s (Nichelle Nichols) dress, Khan garments past and present including the open-chest tunic worn by Ricardo Montalban and the costume worn by Benedict Cumberbatch in the 2013 re-boot, Captain Picard’s (Patrick Stewart) costume, a Borg costume, the alien Gorn, and more
– Transporter simulator where visitors can create a film that shows them being beamed to another location
– KHAAAAN! video booth where visitors can recreate the memorable scene from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
– Original scripts, concept art, storyboards, and production drawings
– Spaceship filming models of the Enterprise, USS Excelsior, Phoenix, and Deep Space Nine space station
– Showcase of Star Trek’s significant impact on culture, society, arts, sports, technology, and fashion that includes a prototype of a real medical tricorder, Star Trek-themed beer, Red Sox “Star Trek Night” foam finger in the shape of the Vulcan salute, a “Picardigan” sweater, a listening station with songs by Star Trek tribute bands, USPS stamps featuring the U.S.S. Enterprise, and much more
Star Trek: Exploring New Worlds is sponsored by CenturyLink. For more information, please visit: empmuseum.org/startrek.
Today’s announcement follows this week’s earlier announcement Trek series writer veteran (Deep Space Nine, Voyager) Bryan Fuller (Hannibal, Pushing Daisies) will be a co-creator of the new Star Trek show being developed to launch in 2017.
By Editor