Museum program wins major award
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An audio-visual program created for the new historical exhibit at the Museum of Church History and Art (see May 19 Church News) has won a major award in international competition.
"Passage to Zion: The Experience of a Pioneer Woman" received second place in the documentary division during a July 27 conference of the Association for Multi-image Productions in Orlando.First place in the association's competition for documentary programs went to National Geographic.
The 15-minute program tells the story of the 19th-Century Mormon immigration to Utah through the diary of Jean Rio Baker, an English convert. The production captures highlights of a sea voyage from London in January 1851, and subsequent wagon trip that brought Baker, a widow, and her seven children to the Salt Lake Valley that October.
Museum curators located dozens of drawings, prints and paintings in historical society and museum collections from around the United States for use in the multi-image slide program. The recorded narration and diary extracts are set against period music played on authentic 19th Century instruments.
Media Maker of Salt Lake City, represented by Arch Cheney, produced the program for the museum under contract with the Audio Visual Department of the Church. It is shown when activated by visitors in a new exhibit, "A Covenant Restored," in the museum, located across the street on the west from Temple Square.
