Preserving the Story of Milton S. Hershey
This project is a new building designed to house permanent and temporary exhibits and ancillary operations for enjoyment by guests of all ages. The first floor features a café, store, interactive chocolate lab, and temporary exhibit gallery. The second floor contains exhibits encompassing the story of Milton S. Hershey, his company, and the region. Lastly, the lower level consists of instructional and meeting spaces, administrative offices, mechanical and electrical rooms, collection storage, and a repair shop.
The Makings of a Museum
Century provided environmental, temperature, and humidity control; power; lighting; sound attenuation; and data and communications. The exhibit areas are designed to maintain PHMC Category II conditions as the highly sensitive displays are housed in temperature and humidity-controlled cases. Century also handled the overall coordination and integration of various lighting systems and associated dimming controls supporting general museum interior and exterior decorative lighting, artifact displays, interactive audio-visual displays, retail sales, café, office, classroom, egress, and general building lighting. In addition, Century provided fiber optic, cable, telephone, and Category-6 high-speed data and communications pathways and premises wiring systems for the associated interactive exhibits, displays, security systems, commercial sales & ticketing, ATM, wireless internet, and general office Ethernet computing systems supporting the museum’s operations.
Project Facts
Owner
M.S. Hershey Foundation
