EXHIBITIONS
QUARTERDECK
The SEAL Mindset Theater:
The SEAL Mindset is a powerful chapter-based documentary in triptych format, projected on three walls of the surround theater. Visitors are viscerally immersed in the physical stamina, mental tenacity, and unyielding dedication of U.S. Navy SEALs, who elucidate some of the tenets of the SEALs compass rose, which is also etched into the floor of the space. Through the honest, unflinching words of team members, visitors learn about the mindset and motivations of SEALs who have pledged their honor and lives in service to our nation and each other.
Memorial Wall:
This touchscreen experience features a chronologically-organized interactive database of Naval Special Warfare (NSW) warriors who have fallen in combat or in training. Visitors select from entries, enlarging portraits and revealing each service member’s selected biography, as provided by their surviving family.
SECOND DECK
Through mapping the most significant NSW missions and operations worldwide, this large-scale animation takes visitors through the continual evolution of the NSW over its over 80 year history, from the first SEAL predecessors in World War II through to today’s current military challenges.
Through mapping the most significant NSW missions and operations worldwide, this large-scale animation takes visitors through the continual evolution of the NSW over its over 80 year history, from the first SEAL predecessors in World War II through to today’s current military challenges.
The eight different Featured Mission touchscreen interactives offer a self-guided opportunity for visitors to dig deeper into a specific NSW mission and explore details about key moments in the story. Scrolling navigation supported by illustrated imagery and on-screen copy rewards curiosity and presents complex information in a way that is visually engaging, exciting, and comprehensible. Featured Missions are:
- Operation Overlord – Normandy, 1944
- Battle of Iwo Jima – Nanpō Islands, Japan,1945
- UDT Ambushed in Yeosu – Korea, 1950
- SEAL Team Two in My Tho – South Vietnam, 1967
- SEAL Team One in Long Phu – South Vietnam, 1970
- Operation Gothic Serpent – Somalia, 1993
- Operation Anaconda – Afghanistan, 2002
- Battle of Ramadi – Iraq, 2006
Similar in content to the Featured Missions interactives, Operation Neptune Spear is a larger scale linear animation that provides a unique in-depth perspective on one of the Navy SEAL’s most significant and well-known operations: the mission to capture or kill Osama Bin Laden at his compound in Pakistan. Narration from Admiral McRaven, the mission’s commanding officer, provides first-person insights into the operations and the heroism of the SEALs who conducted the raid.
Near the steps leading visitors back downstairs, Cause Higher Than Oneself is the final call-to-action of the visitor experience, consisting of two complementary parts:
The central screen shows a film composed of SEAL interviews, featuring many of the same SEALs from The SEAL Mindset. The message here is that while SEALs have shown an unparalleled degree of commitment to their country, every one of us can find ways to serve a cause higher than ourselves, by volunteering, contributing to our community or nation, or just being more considerate to those around us.
Two flanking interactive stations challenge visitors to consider and make commitments to serving a higher cause.
Virtual Reality (VR)
Experience a pulse-pounding, first-person journey that thrusts you into a high-stakes hostage rescue mission.
The Navy SEAL Xperience, powered by HAVIK – the premier DoD VR simulation company founded by a former Navy SEAL—delivers advanced VR technology, AAA gaming graphics, and atmospheric effects once reserved for Special Operator training, now available to the public for the very first time.
Using powerful in-seat kicker motors, wind effects, and scent technology to create a fully immersive, multi-sensory experience, and every tactic, every decision, every moment pulls you deeper into the precision and intensity of an authentic Navy SEAL mission created by SEAL veterans.