Sequoia BGL works on AV integration of the new Olympic and Sport Museum of Qatar

Located on the same grounds as Doha's Khalifa International Stadium, this museum around sport has the latest technologies and interactive installations.

The Spanish company BGL Audiovisual, which is part of Sequoia Group, continues to carry out relevant projects in the United Arab Emirates (more data in Digital AV). She is currently immersed in the engineering of the integration project and AV equipment of the new Olympic and Sports Museum of Qatar (Qatar Olympic and sports Museum), which will open its doors in Doha in the year 2020, after seven years of construction.

To carry out this project, a joint venture between companies Power and UCC, which in turn have subcontracted audiovisual integration services to BGL.

Built as an extension of Khalifa International Stadium, also known as National Stadium, a multipurpose facility located in Rayán (Taste), this new museum around sport has five floors of exhibition, where you can learn about the history of the Olympics and sport in general.

It is an experience museum, full of interactive installations that have been commissioned from the specialist holoments, in which the visitor will enter a tour with the latest hologram technologies, immersive games, augmented reality, virtual and mixed, capacitive control surfaces, human behavior detection sensors, facial recognition, Etc.

Composed of seven galleries spread over more than 4.500 m2 of exhibition, it is a fully participatory museum where visitors will be able to create a user profile and record their scores in the more than seventy interactive systems of Formula 1, archery, cycling, surf, oar, among others, that are being installed.

The technology chosen for the museum consists of more than fifty projectors ship, various sound systems QSC, among which the KLA12 line array of the auditorium and the cinema speakers selected for the main attraction stand out: the Olympic Theatre. Multi-screen productions will be made with Dataton Watchout and all digital signage will be based on Lg and players Brightsign.

The new museum has been designed with the aim of preserving, store, research and exhibit sports and objects related to this environment of this particular country, and the Arab world in general, as it will be packed with interactive exhibits, inspiring objects and unique areas of activity that generate a spirit of participation in this Arab state.

On the other hand, another of the museum's objectives focuses on the inclusion of Qatar in the international sports community and the positioning of this country as a host of international events.

The Olympic and Sports Museum of Qatar, with the promotion of the positive value of sport as a pillar, will show the sources, the development and importance of the sports culture of this sovereign Arab state and in other destinations of the world. In addition, exhibit its collection in other parts of the world to create debates and organize global conferences on current issues, such as doping and women in sport.

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