 The optical system was designed by Floyd Rollefstad; the original digital recording and playback system was designed and fabricated by Fred Lord, and was installed by Dan Lawrence, Casey Stack, Dave Haskell, Matt Monforte and Kirk Melby in 1989.The original show treatment and script research, as well as the exhibit design team was led by Jeff Silverman, who also acted as the account executive to manage process from proposal to grand opening.The programming team was led by Robert Mueller, who managed a team of six full time artists, including Cory Simpson of KOHR Productions, over a 15-week period to create this challenging production and award winning program.