Auckland War Memorial Museum Installs CHAUVET Professional Fixtures

The Auckland War Memorial Museum in New Zealand has installed 12 CHAUVET Professional Maverick MK2 Spot fixtures to provide permanent illumination in the museum’s south atrium foyer space. 

MDR Sound and Lighting installed the fixtures.

“We found that the Mavericks were the only fixtures we tested to render all colors perfectly even at 100% output,” commented Auckland Museum’s Liam Brown. “This is a foyer space that receives indirect sunlight most of the day through its south facing glass ceiling, but the brightness and intensity of the Mavericks overcome this without any problem.”

Features of the Maverick MK2 Spot include two rotating, indexing, and interchangeable slot and lock gobo wheels, a 3-facet prism and frost for beam control, and 13º – 37º zoom range.

“When they’re not providing general colored wash lighting in the evening or early morning, the Mavericks function as pin sharp spot lights to focus on the objects on display at ground level,” said Brown. “Lighting the four-story high concrete walls with gobo effects looks particularly amazing and creates an interesting juxtaposition to the old architectural style during special events held within the museum.”

MDR was able to put the fixtures into place without causing extensive architectural adjustment. The museum had also previously installed 50 white colored CHAUVET Professional COLORado fixtures in another section.

“Compared with other similar performing fixtures, the Maverick ticked more boxes for us. With the price, we could afford to install 12 of these fittings professionally and safely with room to spare in the budget for the custom paint job,” concluded Brown. “The color intensity, features and overall practical considerations made it the perfect fixture for the museum.”