Adam Vinatieri celebrates his game-tying field goal in the fourth quarter of the Patriots’ playoff win over the Raiders in 2002. Fans can relive that moment by visiting the Hall at Patriot Place.

The Providence Journal / Bob Breidenbach

FOXBORO — Step onto the FieldTurf, all white to resemble the January snow, and feel the cold air blowing on the back of your neck as you watch Adam Vinatieri nail the 23-yard field goal that pushed the New England Patriots past the Raiders and eventually into Super Bowl XXXVI.

And try not to get goose bumps.

That’s just one of the exhibits at the Hall at Patriot Place, the hall of fame/franchise museum New England owner Robert Kraft, his family and representatives from presenting sponsor Raytheon unveiled yesterday.

The Hall, which will officially open to the public on Monday, is a state-of-the-art, fully interactive facility that takes visitors through the franchise’s early days as the American Football League’s Boston Patriots, through the dark days of the early 1990s to the current incarnation of the team as one of the NFL’s elite clubs.

“This was our vision; we wanted it to be something that couldn’t be found around the country,” Kraft said.

From the small dome with the replays of Vinatieri’s Snow Bowl kick, to the blowup of the $15-million check Kraft wrote as a down payment on the purchase of the franchise, to being able to measure your vertical leap against Laurence Maroney’s to the puffs of red, white and blue confetti that rain down periodically as visitors watch highlights of the Pats’ three Super Bowl victories in the shadow of the Lombardi trophies, there isn’t much that leads you to think, “Eh, I’ve seen that before.”

It is quite an achievement.

The 36,000–square-foot Hall has been in the planning stages for several years. The Krafts did not want the type of memorabilia-packed museum that simply gave a chronological history of the franchise through game programs and game-worn uniforms. They wanted a cutting-edge tribute to former Pats players and their fans.

Indeed, the fans are given their due, as well; one section is dedicated to them, complete with homemade signs, photos and one of the red duck boats used during the team’s championship parades, which visitors can climb aboard and imagine waving to the vast crowd lining the Boston streets.

Near the duck boat is a Patriots playbook with coach Bill Belichick. Using the touch screen, fans can select from a series of plays or football terms (setting the edge, the double-pass from Tom Brady to Randy Moss to Brady to Jabar Gaffney against Pittsburgh last year) and watch Belichick explain it on the big screen in front of them.

One large space has been reserved for the team’s Hall of Famers. Rather than have bronze busts of the soon-to-be 13 men enshrined, there are giant video “pylons,” each with its own touch screen. Pick the Hall of Famer — from John Hannah to Ben Coates — and watch a reel of his highlights on the soaring tower above you. The pylons, developed by a company called Magink, use a special kind of technology that works only in the light and is being used in the United States for the first time.

To the right of the pylons are etched-glass squares, each bearing the name and number of the Patriots who have been enshrined. The tiles stretch to the ceiling, giving plenty of space for the players who will be inducted in the future.

The Hall is the amazing crown jewel the Krafts intended it to be.

smanza@projo.com