Star Trek: Discovery - Fight for the Future Exhibition!

There is an opportunity to view artifacts from the U.S.S. Discovery and even have a chance to sit in the command chair!  Star Trek: Discovery has completed its second season and I missed it.  I loved the first season, but the second just slipped away with all of the streaming services and other diversions.  Still, I was intrigued enough to go to the Paley Center and see the exhibition.  It is free and I’m told parking is underneath the center.  The exhibition at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills opened on May 8th and runs until July 7th.  It is actually stunning to not only see Star Trek: Discovery signage wrapped around the center, but to also see important costumes facing the windows.  There is Saru peering from the second floor peering at Beverly Boulevard.  A trio of costumes are next to the entrance; the red shirt of Nhan (Rachael Ancheril), Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount), and Spock (Ethan Peck). 

Enterprise model, Star Trek: Discovery - Fight for the Future, Paley Center for Media, photo by the author.

The staff of the Paley Center was incredibly helpful in explaining the exhibition and the Paley Center programs.  There is a photo op wall that showcases the Fight for the Future exhibition.  Suspended above everything is the Red Angel suit.  Past the Star Fleet officer costumes is the model of the Enterprise.  There is a VR headset that you can put on to get a 360 degree look at the bridge.  The next room has the model of the Discovery.  On the left is a display case with a communicator, tricorder, hand phaser, and phaser pulse rifle, I think these were seen at Comic Con.  What interested me was that the phasers ended in what looked like old time three lens movie cameras.  There were two rows of three sets of Star Fleet uniforms.  On the left is the dark coat of Spock and also on the walls are some incredible artwork of the Star Trek: Discovery world.  To the right is the head of the Osnullus, a new alien crewmember with a pinkish head and a mass by his nose and mouth region.  This of course leads to the command chair of the Discovery.  I was fascinated by the controls on the armrests, on the left is communication with parts of the ship and alerts, on the right is controls for the ship so basically the captain can run the entire ship from the command chair!  This is of course a popular photo op spot.  

Discovery command chair,  Star Trek: Discovery - Fight for the Future, Paley Center for Media, photo by the author.

On the other side is the uniforms of Klingons and behind them a bat’leth, the time crystal props, and Klingon props; disruptor, D’k tahg knife, and mek’leth (the last two are basically sharp and deadly).  Then, there is the prosthetics of L’Rell.  Towards the window are the costumes of Georgiou’s Section 31 uniforms.  There are stairs next to the right wall that gives a great overview and leads to an impressive prop of the Gorn skull.  I was looking at the intricate details of the skull.  You pass the Saru costume and then to the second floor.  This leads to the Talosian costume and plants.  Then, two suits of the Red Angel, before you enter the next room.  This has the stunning Frozen Vulcan Head, on the left are Vulcan costumes, then a row of masks; a Tellarite, the Saurian Linus, and Andorian.  On the other side is the several pieces of the cyborg Aurian’s head.  There are time lapse videos of applying the masks and appliances to the actors.  To the right is two space suits and a Section 31 badge.  I would recommend an early or late visit so the sunlight doesn't interfere with pics.  This is a brilliant exhibition and a must for anyone who even a slight interest in anything Star Trek!      

Saru's costume and mask, Star Trek: Discovery - Fight for the Future, Paley Center for Media, photo by the author.

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