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[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Narrative” _builder_version=”4.20.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”|2%||2%|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]\u2014 ABOUT MY WORK<\/strong> Museum Wall Panels\u2014 ABOUT MY WORK These panels, which pay tribute to the men and women who have served in the uniformed services and have a connection to New Buffalo, Michigan (whether they lived, worked, or attended New Buffalo Area Schools), are part of a permanent exhibit at the New Buffalo Railroad Museum. Over 1,200 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":692,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"project_category":[7],"project_tag":[],"class_list":["post-480","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project_category-large-scale-graphics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southwestmichiganartists.com\/minas-smitchger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southwestmichiganartists.com\/minas-smitchger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southwestmichiganartists.com\/minas-smitchger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/project"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southwestmichiganartists.com\/minas-smitchger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southwestmichiganartists.com\/minas-smitchger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southwestmichiganartists.com\/minas-smitchger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southwestmichiganartists.com\/minas-smitchger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southwestmichiganartists.com\/minas-smitchger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"project_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southwestmichiganartists.com\/minas-smitchger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_category?post=480"},{"taxonomy":"project_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southwestmichiganartists.com\/minas-smitchger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_tag?post=480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThese panels, which pay tribute to the men and women who have served in the uniformed services and have a connection to New Buffalo, Michigan (whether they lived, worked, or attended New Buffalo Area Schools), are part of a permanent exhibit at the New Buffalo Railroad Museum. Over 1,200 individuals are listed, by conflict, dating back to the Civil War.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.20.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.20.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/southwestmichiganartists.com\/minas-smitchger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/museum-panels-960.webp” alt=”Image of New Buffalo Museum Veteran Museum Wall Panels” title_text=”Veteran Museum Wall Panels” admin_label=”wall panels” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ border_color_all=”#777777″ global_colors_info=”{}” url=”https:\/\/southwestmichiganartists.com\/minas-smitchger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/new-buffalo-museum-panels-1600.webp” url_new_window=”on” enable_caption_text=”on” sticky_enabled=”0″ image_caption_font=”|600|on||||||” image_caption_size=”12px” image_caption_letterspace=”1px” image_caption_lineheight=”1.5em” image_caption_alignment=”center”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Narrative” _builder_version=”4.20.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”|2%||2%|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]The exhibit is located in a C&O boxcar that lacks environmental controls such as heating or air conditioning, which posed a unique challenge. To address this issue, we chose to print the panels on vinyl and mount them on corrugated plastic, which could withstand a wide range of temperature and humidity fluctuations. We created a total of seventeen panels, each measuring 42″ x 16″. To minimize any buckling that might result from expansion and contraction, all printed panels were attached to a railing set off from the wall, which allowed for air flow around each panel.[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/southwestmichiganartists.com\/minas-smitchger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/museum-context.webp” alt=”Image of New Buffalo Train Museum Veterans Display” title_text=”New Buffalo Train Museum Veterans Display” align=”center” admin_label=”context photo” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"