Museum Experience

The Medal of Honor Museum at Patriots Point

Wide Awake Films developed new media, interactive offerings, and immersive experiences for the updated Medal of Honor Museum at Patriots Point in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.

Exhibit design firm M.Catton & Co. and the Congressional Medal of Honor Society (CMOHS) designated Wide Awake Films as their primary media and interactive partner for the extensive update of their museum, which opened in May of 2024. As part of this project, Wide Awake Films created educational films featuring 20 different Medal of Honor recipients, a Night Vision Goggle experience, media for a UH-1 “Huey” helicopter experience, a detailed presentation on the 1942 Doolittle Raid, and their new marquee Courage Under Fire experience. Our team also designed all the user interface elements and ensured seamless integration with the museum’s hardware.

Project Overview

Courage Under Fire Experience

Medal of Honor Recipient Videos

UH-1 “Huey” Helicopter Experience

Aviation Medal of Honor Recipients and the Doolittle Raid

Night Vision Goggle Experience

Courage Under Fire Experience

Wide Awake Films developed the powerful media and audioscape for Courage Under Fire - the museum’s marquee media experience. Leveraging the latest in 3D modeling tools and media design, Wide Awake Films was tasked with developing this immersive experience, which highlights the perilous combat circumstances that American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines have faced in conflicts including the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam, and the Global War on Terror. Along with the media, Wide Awake crafted a powerful audioscape that accentuates the presentation and matches each era presented.

Medal of Honor Recipient Videos

Throughout the museum, visitors can engage interactive video terminals that allow them to learn about twenty different Medal of Honor recipients. With intimate details exploring the person behind the medal, these short films invite visitors to connect with the human character traits that create a hero. To further energize these presentations, Wide Awake Films incorporated animated maps and footage from a film shoot spanning four different eras: Vietnam, Korea, and both World Wars.

UH-1 “Huey” Helicopter Experience

With the viewer in the pilot’s seat, this first-person interactive exhibit flies a simulated “Dustoff” medevac mission deep into the jungles of Vietnam. Working with the CMOHS, Wide Awake crafted a flight that is filled with the kinds of danger and risk that these Dustoff missions and their courageous crews faced.

Aviation Medal of Honor Recipients and the Doolittle Raid

After introducing many of our nation’s aviation Medal of Honor recipients, this museum presentation focuses on Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle and his famous 1942 Doolittle Raid. Incorporating cutting-edge animation and period footage, the Doolittle Raid media highlights the courage and sacrifices undertaken by each crew member of this raid.