ITT and Science Museum Debut New Exhibit

U.S. Coast Guard personnel use ITT night vision equipment to navigate through a waterway.

ITT Corporation’s Night Vision & Imaging business will unveil a new technology exhibit at the Science Museum of Western Virginia in Roanoke. After nearly a year of planning, the debut of the “Virginia Nightlife” exhibit marks the first use of actual live night vision technology in a museum exhibit. The exhibit debuts at 6:00 p.m. on March 19th and will be free and open to the public until 8:00 p.m.

“We are very excited to open this exhibit with ITT,” said Nancy McCrickard, executive director of the museum.  “As far as we know, this exhibit is the first of its kind in the United States to use authentic night vision technology.”

As one of the area’s largest employers, ITT Night Vision & Imaging, a business area of ITT Geospatial Systems, sponsored the exhibit as part of the Science Museum’s Reinvention initiative – an initiative to enhance the way the Museum serves the community. School children and the general public will learn the benefits of seeing in the dark through a realistic representation of a nighttime outdoor scene, complete with animals native to the Roanoke region. Visitors will be able to view the exhibit both with and without night vision capabilities, learning the importance of this ability for safety and survival in both humans and animals alike.

“We understand how important it is for local businesses to step up and support the important initiatives the Science Museum represents,” said Mike Hayman, president and general manager of ITT Night Vision & Imaging. “We have everything to gain by interacting with school age children and stimulating their interest in science and technology at a young age. Encouraging a healthy curiosity in these subjects not only supplements their interest in the class work in school, but just may provide us with a future engineer or scientist years from now.”

This prototype exhibit is designed to run through the summer.

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