Indiegogo is committed to accessibility. If you have difficulty using our site, please contact support@indiegogo.com for assistance or view our accessibility notice by clicking here

This campaign is closed

Tesla - The Man Who Electrified The World: Phase 1

Help us build the definitive exhibit on Tesla for the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe!

You may also be interested in

Closed
Closed
Closed
Closed
Closed

Tesla - The Man Who Electrified The World: Phase 1

Tesla - The Man Who Electrified The World: Phase 1

Tesla - The Man Who Electrified The World: Phase 1

Tesla - The Man Who Electrified The World: Phase 1

Tesla - The Man Who Electrified The World: Phase 1

Help us build the definitive exhibit on Tesla for the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe!

Help us build the definitive exhibit on Tesla for the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe!

Help us build the definitive exhibit on Tesla for the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe!

Help us build the definitive exhibit on Tesla for the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe!

Jim Engelhardt
Jim Engelhardt
Jim Engelhardt
Jim Engelhardt
2 Campaigns |
Vancouver, United States
$1,211 USD 18 backers
0% of $400,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
Highlights
Mountain Filled 2 Projects Mountain Filled 2 Projects

The story of Nikola Tesla is, in many ways, the story of the 20th Century.  It’s a story of great inventions, intense rivalries, bitter defeats, and soaring triumphs.  But Tesla’s is a story that few people are familiar with, and which far fewer know well.  It is our intention to help rectify this historic oversight.

We're Show Time Exhibitions, a traveling exhibit producer in Vancouver WA.  And we’re here today to tell you about Tesla: The Man Who Electrified the World, a traveling interactive exhibit based on the life and works of Nikola Tesla.

Most people today associate the name Tesla with the car or the band of the same name, or scientific devices like the Tesla Coil and the Tesla Turbine.  But Tesla’s legacy is far greater than that.  His 270 patents encompass so many inventions - from the A.C. electrical power and distribution system we use and take for granted every day, to earthquake machines and theoretical death rays.  His realization of the concept of the rotating magnetic field is the driving force behind the bulk of electric motors currently in use.  He was truly one of the great geniuses of the modern world.

The project we propose will be a 5000 square foot traveling exhibit.  Beginning with an amazing display of electricity in its rawest, purest form, the exhibit will encompass Tesla’s life and works in toto: from his birth in what is now Croatia in 1856 and education, through his arrival in America , his multiple creative works in his New York City and Colorado Springs laboratories, culminating in the Wardenclyffe, New York laboratory and project – wireless distribution of electrical power worldwide.  It will showcase his many inventive achievements – his conceptualization and development of AC power, his work with wireless communication and transmission of power (including the Tesla Coil), fluid dynamics and the Tesla Turbine, the invention of arc and fluorescent lighting, periodicity and the mechanical oscillator – the “Earthquake Machine” – and so many more.  Finally, we will seek to explore not only his scientific achievements, but to also explore his relationships with some of the most remarkable people of the day, including Mark Twain, George Westinghouse, J.P. Morgan, Thomas Edison, and many others.

The funding we're trying to raise for Phase 1 is for the exhibit R&D - fleshing out the exhibit design, developing the content and bilingual script, and engineering the fantastic high voltage interactive elements throughout the exhibit.  Typically, an exhibition of this type is sponsored one of two ways: either through venture capital or through corporate sponsorship.  In either case, historical and scientific accuracy are often viewed through the lens of the sponsor, who can veto content that they consider to be too controversial.  In the case of Tesla, there are many companies who could be logically approached as sponsors.  But we're a different kind of exhibit company.  We think the story of Tesla is far too important to be subject to any censorship corporate sponsors might impose.  Which is why we have come to you, the visitors and supporters of Indiegogo. 

Tesla’s story must be told completely and accurately, free of outside influence.  To that end, we have arranged with the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe, the Tesla Society of Switzerland,  and Dr. Marc Seifer,  author of The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla: Biography of a Genius to provide content review for both historical and technical accuracy.  Combined with our experience developing incredible traveling exhibits, we think you’ll agree we’re the right team for the job to do Tesla’s incredible story justice.

Tesla – The Man Who Electrified The World is projected to tour worldwide for 5-7 years, beginning in late 2014.  At the end of the tour, it will move to its final home, as a permanent exhibit at the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe, New York .  By contributing to this project, you are also contributing to the future Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe.  A portion of the proceeds from the exhibition tour will be earmarked to assist in the rehabilitation and renovation of the Wardenclyffe facility.

We have the experience.  We have the knowledge.  We have the backing of some of the most respected members of the Tesla community.  Now we need your support.  Look over our exhibit plans and renderings elsewhere on this page.  Then give what you can.  Help us tell Tesla’s story as it should be told –and be part of a revolutionary new exhibit that will bring Tesla’s genius to a broader audience than ever before.




photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/t_zero/8541467498/

Tau Zero via http://photopin.com

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/


Looking for more information? Check the project FAQ
Need more information
Let us know if you think this campaign contains prohibited content.

Choose your Perk

Thank You

$3 USD
An email thanking you for your donation
4 claimed

Certificate of thanks

$13 USD
A hard copy certificate of thanks will be mailed to you.
2 claimed

Your name on our sponsor wall

$33 USD
Your name will be included on the wall of sponsors in the exhibit
2 claimed

"I Love Tesla" T-shirt

$103 USD
Your name will be included on the wall of sponsors in the exhibit, and you will receive an "I Love Tesla" T-shirt.
3 claimed

Autographed Book

$173 USD
All of the perks from the $103 level above plus an autographed copy of the book "The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla - Biography Of A Genius by Dr. Marc Seifer.
3 claimed

Exhibit Admission

$333 USD
All of the perks from the $173 level plus admission for yourself and a guest to the exhibit at the venue of your choice.
0 claimed

Tesla Coil

$1,333 USD
All of the perks from the $333 level plus a fully functional table top Tesla Coil.
0 claimed

Wardenclyffe Tower Replica

$5,333 USD
All of the perks from the $1333 level plus a custom, hand-built scale replica of the finished Wardenclyffe tower as shown in contemporary artists' renderings.
0 claimed

VIP Opening

$25,333 USD
All of the perks from the $5333 level, plus we will fly you and a guest to the VIP reception for the world opening of the exhibit.
0 claimed

You may also be interested in

Up Caret