Exhibition Description
The traveling exhibition "Clash of Empires: The British,
French, and Indian War, 1754-1763" was developed
by the Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History
Center in collaboration with the Canadian War Museum and
the Smithsonian Institution. The exhibit brings together
nearly three hundred original objects and works of art
related to the conflict that Winston Churchill called
the "First World War". The nine lifelike figures
produced by Gerry Embleton's Time Machine present a diverse
cast of characters from this wide ranging conflict.
The exhibition opened on May 1st, 2005 to immediate success,
travelled to the, "CANADIAN WAR MUSEUM"
in Ottawa May 15th, 2006 to November 1st , 2006 and is
now at the "Smithsonian" in
Washington D.C.
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SCOTT STEPHENSON
Scott Stephenson is curator of "Clash of Empires:
The British, French, and Indian War, 1754-1763",
a traveling exhibition commemorating the 250th anniversary
of the Seven Years War, and is author of the accompanying
catalog. A specialist in Early American History and material
culture, he received his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University
of Virginia. He has developed or contributed to numerous
exhibits and programs in museum education and interpretation
for Colonial Williamsburg, the National Park Service,
the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, the
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Museum of the Cherokee
Indian, and others. He has served as an historical and
visual consultant for several feature films and television
documentaries, most recently the PBS series "The
War That Made America".
About working with Time Machine AG
"Since my very first exposure to Gerry Embleton's
remarkable work - during a 1985 visit to London's National
Army Museum - I have wanted to collaborate on a project.
My experience with the Time Machine team during the development
of "Clash of Empires" only confirmed what was
evident from that first glimpse twenty years ago. The
pieces we received from Time Machine are not so much museum
figures as inspired, three dimensional illustations. They
truly bring the past to life.
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