Case Study: The Field Museum achieves more dynamic, efficient exhibit production with ShopBot Tools, Inc.

The Field Museum slows exhibit case air exchange to 10 days with ShopBot Tools, Inc.

The Field Museum, a major natural history museum in Chicago, needed to construct dynamic, interactive exhibits and preserve delicate artifacts responsibly and cost-effectively. They turned to ShopBot Tools, Inc., utilizing a ShopBot PRSalpha CNC router to revolutionize their in-house production process.

By implementing the ShopBot CNC solution, the museum's production shop was able to design and fabricate complex exhibit structures, like the immersive Heat Theater, and build near-perfectly sealed display cases. ShopBot's technology enabled them to significantly slow the rate of air exchange in cases from 3 days to 10 days, greatly improving artifact preservation. This approach also substantially reduced material waste and outsourcing costs, allowing the museum to share its innovative and cost-effective fabrication techniques with other institutions.

The Field Museum