Organization: Yellowstone Park Foundation

Industry Sector: Non-Profit

Location: Bozeman, Montana

Solution: Interactive kiosk that highlight YPF’s mission and accomplishments as the official fundraiser for Yellowstone National Park

Destination Yellowstone Airport Kiosk

The Yellowstone Park Foundation (YPF) works in cooperation with the National Park Service to fund projects and programs that protect, preserve, and enhance the natural and cultural resources and the visitor experience of Yellowstone National Park. YPF receives no annual government funding; it relies instead upon the generous support of private citizens, foundations, and corporations to ensure that Yellowstone’s great gifts to the world will never diminish. Since its inception in 1996, the Yellowstone Park Foundation has successfully funded more than 200 conservation, research, and education projects in Yellowstone.

As part of a new exhibit, Destination Yellowstone, Savant Ltd was commissioned to develop an interactive kiosk that highlighted the organization’s mission and accomplishments.  The following highlight those accomplishments:

Old Faithful Virtual Visitor Center

The Yellowstone Park Foundation completed a successful $15-million capital campaign to fund the state-of-the-art Old Faithful Visitor Educational Center, which opened in August 2010. The virtual center gives you a head start by exploring the exhibits using interactive media. The following content are videos you can play directly from this screen:

• “Why Geysers Erupt”
• “Hot Water Treasures”
• “Hot Spring Ecology”

YPF Celebrates 15 Years

In November 2011, Yellowstone Park Foundation marked its 15th year as Yellowstone’s official fundraising partner. To commemorate the anniversary and highlight past achievements, YPF created an interactive timeline of the past 15 years.

The interactive timeline supports a gesture UI, so you interact with the screen using your finger.

How You Can Help

YPF receives no annual government funding; it relies instead upon generous support from private citizens, foundations, and corporations to ensure that Yellowstone’s great gifts to the world will never diminish.

This screen identifies the different methods available to the public for making a tax-deductible donation to Yellowstone Park Foundation that will help preserve the wonders and wildlife of Yellowstone forever.

Scenes of Yellowstone

Tom Murphy Photography donated many of the beautiful photographs of Yellowstone used on this screen. World-renowned nature and wildlife photographer Tom Murphy spends approximately 100 days per year in Yellowstone National Park, and his love of the park is evident in his inspired images and in his continuing generosity to the Yellowstone Park Foundation.

The Scenes of Yellowstone screen supports a gesture UI, so you can interact with the screen using your finger.

Airport Exhibit Highlights Yellowstone Park with Digital Signage