Hire Measure Island

Measure Island takes the visitor on a whimsical journey, following Archy and his dog Cubit to a fictional land where exhibits are presented as monuments and statues that were built by a long lost civilisation.

Exhibition Themes

Exhibition themes include:

• Measurement Systems
• Measurement Techniques
• Accuracy Vs Precision
• Repeating Measurements
• Standard Units
• Defining Measurements
• Subjective Vs Objective Measurements

Audience

The exhibit is targeted primarily at children aged between 8 and 14 but also contains exhibits aimed at a younger audience of 2 to 7 year olds. The topics covered vary in complexity to allow exploration from people of all ages.

Number of exhibits

Exhibition features 24 exhibits including:

• 16 tabletop exhibits
• 3 large-scale exhibits
• 4 wall exhibits
• 1 floor based exhibit

Questacon Provides

• Promotional materials
• Explainer notes
• Educational background notes & activities

Host Venue Provides

• Hire fee
• All return freight costs
• Insurance during travel and for static risk cover at the venue
• Fork lift/driver with long tynes for fork for installation and deinstallation
• Cost of two Questacon technicians over four days to lead the installation and two technicians over four days to lead dismantling of the Exhibition
• Four local technicians over four days to assist in the installation and four local technicians over four days to assist in the dismantling of the Exhibition
• Storage space for crates and spares box
• Two pallet jacks
• Basic toolkit
• Storage space for crating system and spares box

Venue Requirements

Floor space

500 m² of display space, with the possibility of smaller modules.

Floor loading

Hard level floor capable of supporting 5 tonnes

Minimum Gallery Height

2.8 metres

Power

Standard 240 volt for exhibits

Install/Deinstall Time

It takes 4 days to install and 4 days to deinstall the exhibition.

Download a flyer about Measure Island, or for further information contact the Travelling Exhibitions team:

+61 2 6126 2211
exhibitions@questacon.edu.au