Star-Spangled Banner, National Museum of American History

Washington, USA

Architect: SOM

Year Completed: 2008

Photography: Nigel Young, Foster + Partners

George Sexton Associates was contracted to do the illumination of the Star-Spangled Banner, the flag that inspired the national anthem. The strict conservation requirements of this textile artifact include precise control of quality, distribution, and uniformity of light for which GSA developed an innovative solution appropriating video projection technology for illumination. The exhibit is housed at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, DC.

Awards: IIDA (now IES) Section Guth Illumination Design Award, 2009; AL Light & Architecture Special Citation for Achievement in Exhibition Lighting, 2009