What a terrific chance to use fiber optics, or at least "light
piping!" If you were at the
joint "Museum Exhibit Lighting-Beyond Edison: Lighting for the
Next Century," by NPS, WAG, NARA & NCPTT in March 1966, you
have a leg up on this and know the main suppliers. If not, then
(without endorsement), they are

        NoUVIR Research
        US Highway 13 & Loop 532
        RR4, Box 748
        Seaford DE 19973
        (302) 628-9933
        FAX (302) 628-9932

        Lighting Services, Inc (LSI)
        2 Kay Fries Drive
        Stony Point NY 10980
        (914) 942-2800

        Remote Source Lighting International, Inc.
        32961 Calle Perfecto
        San Juan Capistrano CA 92675
        (714) 248-0141
        FAX (714) 248-0142

Of course Edmund Scientific sells a lot of the basic parts.
Fiat lux.
Henry Grunder
Conservation/Preservation Coordinator
The Library of Virginia
According to Mark C Vang exhibits:
>
> Hi Mueum-l'ers,
>
> Does anyone out there use a large illuminated bar graph in an exhibit?  I
> am working on a design where the light elements would be concealed behind a
> tinted piece of acrylic and I am trying to decide which lighting
> technologies exist in a format suitable for this type of display.  I could
> just put lamps in rectangular light boxes, but I am also looking into any
> modular lighting systems which have low power consumption and are cost
> effective for a large display of this type.  (20-50 elements 3-5 feet high)
>  A bonus would be a system/light module which can be operated from TTL
> level signals or be directly interfaced to a computer via controller card.
>
> Any info appreciated.  Thanks.
>
> Mark C. Vang
> Freya Ventures
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