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Accenture is a national capital program and project advisory firm offering solutions to public and private
sector clients implementing capital projects and programs. We bring best practice knowledge, technical
expertise, and a strong network of industry-leading professionals focused on the institutional market that we
can mobilize and scale to meet your needs.
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Studio A | Acentech is a specialized team of acoustics consultants and audiovisual designers within Acentech, focused on cultural and performing arts venues. We collaborate with art institutions and architects to facilitate arts-centered design, and to create new, extended or renewed facilities for tomorrow’s performing and visual arts.
We are one of the oldest and largest organizations of our type with roots stretching back more than 70 years, offering acoustics, audiovisual, telecommunications, security, and vibration consulting services to the built environment. We are unequaled partners to architects, engineers, institutions, manufacturers, planners, and designers worldwide.
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Adler Display has been designing and fabricating exhibits for museum and visitor centers for over 80 years. The exhibits include display cases, interactive displays, wall murals, interpretive panels as well as way-finding signage.
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Aegis Property Group, a leading owner’s representative firm, stands out in the industry for its comprehensive portfolio of work, highly skilled team, and longevity and reputation. Since its inception in 1980, Aegis has provided project management and real estate advisory services on hundreds of projects in the Mid-Atlantic region and beyond, including many transformative museum projects, successfully delivering end results that align with each client’s vision. Aegis offers a wide range of services from master and strategic planning, feasibility studies and assessments, to full scale project management through all phases of a project’s development. Aegis adapts its services to each client uniquely to ensure a level of service and accountability that meets a client’s internal needs and processes. A suite of proprietary project management tools and protocols, combined with a team possessing strong technical backgrounds in architecture, engineering, construction, and facilities management, give Aegis the ability to effectively handle any challenge that may arise during a project’s timeline.
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Altieri has provided MEPF engineering design services to architects and building owners for over 65 years. Our reputation as an industry leader is based on the seamless integration of environmentally responsible systems within architecturally challenging environments. A Small Business Enterprise (SBE) certified by the State of Connecticut, the firm has twice been awarded the Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI) Most Innovative Project for design creativity – 2022 Glenstone Museum and 2020 Corning Museum of Glass, Contemporary Art + Design Wing and Amphitheater Hot Shop.
Altieri is entrusted with designing optimal environments for cultural, education, community, and historic projects nationwide and beyond. Decades of design experience have been driven by our imperative to engineer the best solutions for each project, ensuring that our designs are sensitive to architectural integrity, support the creative vision of our clients, and enhance the user experience. With a portfolio of over 900 museum and gallery projects, we bring unmatched experience and expertise in designing systems that prioritize both collection preservation and the visitor experience. Whether supporting new construction or revitalizing existing buildings, we are recognized for aligning our work with project goals, respecting architectural integrity, and fostering early and ongoing collaboration.
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As the nation’s leading publisher of books of local nonfiction and rarely explored pockets of history, Arcadia’s mission is to connect people with their past, with their communities and with one another. Arcadia has a remarkable catalog of over 20,000 titles exploring the story of America, one town or community at a time. Using its proprietary Store Match system, Arcadia can create a highly customized hyper-local book assortment for any storefront in the nation
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Art Processors are leading experience designers shaping the world’s most memorable destinations. Partnering with cultural and tourism organizations, we apply bespoke technology and innovative storytelling to craft journeys that profoundly resonate with audiences. We are committed to genuine impact and building a better tomorrow through experiences that foster empathy and exploration. We champion diverse voices to craft stories that forge new perspectives. Create Worlds™ with Art Processors. Let’s reimagine, together.
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Dedicated to sustainable development, Arup is a collective of designers, advisors and experts working globally. Founded to be humane and excellent, we collaborate with our museum clients and design collaborators using imagination, technology, and rigor to shape a better world. Our unsurpassed expertise in technical disciplines – acoustics; multimedia and lighting design; structural and mechanical engineering; façades; wayfinding; and more – allows us to provide practical insight throughout the life of a project.
Our extensive experience in creating unique museum spaces arises from a fascination with the way in which space can not only house art but also inspire artists in the creative process, ensuring that the functionality of art buildings is in line with the evolving concerns of artists, visitors, and institutions. From optimizing the visitor experience in both the physical and digital space, through to tackling issues around accessibility, equity and environmental sustainability, we work with our museum clients and collaborators to arrive at design solutions that meet their current and future needs.
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Atelier is a second-generation, full-
We have a proven track record of managing complex projects for museums, estates, and libraries. Our facilities include extensive, museum-quality storage space across the East Coast, fabrication shops for custom crating, and a fleet of climate-controlled, high-
With a team of over 125 skilled professionals, including client services, art handlers, technicians, project managers, and registrars, we provide comprehensive art care. Our expertise extends to collection management, with secure, climate-controlled storage options designed to preserve valuable artwork.
Atelier collaborates with a network of leading conservators, appraisers, and other specialists, enabling us to offer complete, end-to-end solutions tailored to each client’s specific needs.
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Ayers Saint Gross works with a diverse range of cultural organizations and institutions including museums, libraries, visitor centers, educational institutions, and cultural landscapes to create immersive experiences of engagement and discovery.
In “Designing for Cultural Experiences,” we share projects and stories about our work designing for cultural institutions. Our interdisciplinary team works with clients to explore opportunities for creative, of-the-moment storytelling within landscape and buildings, while providing a framework for long-term evolution and flexibility.
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Becker & Frondorf specializes in Owner’s Representation and Construction Cost Estimating. Two services that are especially valuable to museums undertaking new construction, renovation, or expansion. We understand the unique challenges cultural institutions face, from preserving collections and engaging diverse stakeholders to balancing tight budgets and complex timelines. Our team serves as a trusted advisor throughout the entire process, advocating for the museum’s best interests every step of the way. We help museums define their project goals, select the right design and construction partners, manage budgets and schedules, and ensure the final result supports both mission and visitor experience. Whether navigating historic preservation requirements or planning state-of-the-art exhibition spaces, we bring clarity, accountability, and deep industry knowledge to every project.
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Beyer Blinder Belle is comprised of 190 professionals in New York City, Washington, DC, and Boston engaged in architecture, planning, and interiors. BBB is committed to the process of institution-building in the fullest sense. Our portfolio includes performance venues, sacred spaces, museums, libraries, parks and gardens. We work collaboratively with our clients, sometimes at multiple sites and often over the course of many years, to create customized programs and inspired spaces that transform institutions.
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With the free Bloomberg Connects app, explore expert-curated content and guides to over 550 museums, galleries, sculpture parks, gardens, and cultural spaces from the palm of your hand. From behind-the-scenes guides, to artist and expert-curated video and audio content, Bloomberg Connects makes it easy to discover arts and culture, anytime, anywhere.
Created by Bloomberg Philanthropies, Connects benefits over 550 museums, galleries, gardens, and cultural spaces — with more joining every month — by providing a pre-built, easy-to use app interface customizable to their content and mission. We empower our partners with training, marketing, and technical support to deliver digital experiences to their visitors and a global audience.
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Established in 1970, BNIM is an employee-owned design company recognized as an innovative leader in designing high-performance, human-purposed environments. BNIM’s instrumental role in the development of the USGBC, LEED, and the Living Building concept, combined with projects, methods, and research, has shaped the direction of the sustainable movement. Through this involvement, the firm continues to redefine design excellence to elevate the human experience for all people in beautiful, equitable, inclusive, and healthy environments. In practice, this multifaceted approach to design excellence has yielded national acclaim, including the AIA National Architecture Firm Award, and consistent design recognition nationally and internationally. BNIM is Building Positive, a notion that describes how our practice leverages its collective capacity for design thinking to solve issues at every scale that is focused on building the positive attributes of community and the built environment. Through an integrated process of collaborative discovery, BNIM creates transformative, living designs that lead to vital and healthy organizations and communities.
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Buro Happold is an international, integrated consultancy of engineers, designers and advisers, with a presence in 35+ locations worldwide, over 80 partners and 2,500 employees. For over 45 years we have built a world-class reputation for delivering creative, value led solutions for an ever challenging world.
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Since 1954, C. Erickson & Sons, Inc., a family owned business, has been a premier leader in Commercial Construction Management and General Contracting throughout the region. Our founding principles of INTEGRITY, RELATIONSHIPS and SERVICE are the cornerstones of our professional partnerships and the keystones to our continued success.
For over 65 years, Erickson has been a part of shaping the Greater Philadelphia skyline through its growth, evolution and revitalization. We are proud to have served as the Construction Manager for some of the region’s largest and most recognizable companies and institutions. Our multitude of capabilities range from interior renovations to historical restorations, buildouts and additions, as well as new construction, all while delivering the highest quality craftsmanship and attentive customer service, making us a leader in our class.
Since 1954, C. Erickson & Sons, Inc., a family owned business, has been a premier leader in Commercial Construction Management and General Contracting throughout the region. Our founding principles of INTEGRITY, RELATIONSHIPS and SERVICE are the cornerstones of our professional partnerships and the keystones to our continued success.
For over 65 years, Erickson has been a part of shaping the Greater Philadelphia skyline through its growth, evolution and revitalization. We are proud to have served as the Construction Manager for some of the region’s largest and most recognizable companies and institutions. Our multitude of capabilities range from interior renovations to historical restorations, buildouts and additions, as well as new construction, all while delivering the highest quality craftsmanship and attentive customer service, making us a leader in our class.
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The Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) is the premiere professional graduate program for interactive entertainment as it’s applied across various fields including museums and cultural centers. Rooted in Carnegie Mellon University’s legacy of excellence in the arts and sciences, the ETC blends creative exploration with technical rigor in a uniquely collaborative environment. Our students learn by doing: through project-based work,interdisciplinary collaboration, and mentorship from faculty and industry leaders.
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Casewerks, LLC celebrates 25 years as a trusted resource for museums, libraries, and collecting institutions. As the North American agent for Vitrinen- und Glasbau REIER GmbH, Casewerks is part of an elite global network providing museum-quality exhibit furnishings distinguished by precision engineering, advanced glass technology, and security. With a focus on archival methods and sustainable materials, our mission is to deliver practical, long-lasting solutions that ensure the preservation of fine art, historic artifacts, and cultural heritage for future generations.
Call 1-800-810-2852 or visit http://www.casewerks.com to learn more.
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Click Netherfield are museum showcase experts, with more than 50 combined years of showcase manufacturing and consultancy experience.
Our job is to make your life easier. From concept to completion, we’ll give you everything you need to make your project a success.
With headquarters just outside of Edinburgh in Scotland, Click Netherfield have been winning awards since the 1980s and have been Royal Warrant holders since 2010, so it’s no wonder that we’ve been chosen to work on some of the world’s most prestigious projects.
We have the IN-HOUSE resources to complete the largest international projects, and the customer focus to provide the highest levels of service.
We are Click Netherfield – let us showcase your vision.
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Consigli Construction Co., Inc. is a leading construction manager in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. Consigli services clients across all markets, including academic, healthcare, life sciences, institutional, energy, corporate and federal. Founded in 1905, Consigli is now a 100% employee-owned (ESOP) company, providing its people a direct benefit of its success and creating a culture of accountability. The company has offices in Massachusetts, Washington, D.C., Maine, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and the Caribbean. Consigli has received numerous awards for its craftsmanship and employment practices, including national recognition as a Forbes Best Employer.
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Cooper Robertson is a leading New York-based architecture and urban design firm with a diverse body of work spanning all scales. From buildings to public spaces to cities, the firm is recognized nationally for design excellence with more than 150 awards for projects integrating architecture and urban design.
The firm’s renowned cultural portfolio, led by Partner Erin Flynn, RA and Bruce Davis, AIA, includes the reinvention and expansion of more than 55 museums internationally. Acknowledged as one of the foremost museum planning and design firm in the country, Cooper Robertson has completed new buildings for the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Buffalo AKG Art Museum, the Gateway Art Museum, as well as strategic planning and visioning for the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the J. Paul Getty Trust.
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The Cooperstown Graduate Program is proud to be like no other. We train creative, entrepreneurial museum leaders committed to generating programs and services for the public good. Our students learn by doing tangible, useful work on real-world projects. They dedicate themselves to developing institutions that play a central role in their communities, encouraging broad public audiences to use artifacts and the study of science, art, and history as a catalyst for social change.
Students choose to focus on one of two tracks during their time at CGP: Science Museum Studies and History Museum Studies. Both tracks have a generalist curriculum, so students explore many aspects of museum work.
Our students benefit from small class sizes and a high faculty to student ratio. This allows students to get to know and work closely with professors, who are leaders and innovators in the field. Although CGP itself is a small program, as an academic division of SUNY College at Oneonta students also have access to the resources of a much larger state university.
We love to connect with prospective students, professionals in the field, alumni, or anyone interested in museum studies! Follow us on Twitter and check out our Facebook page.
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CORIS Monitoring provides environmental monitoring systems to institutions of all sizes. Besides temperature and relative humidity, we also provide water sensors for leak detection, door open sensors, sensors for LN2 tanks and -80C freezers, light sensors, alarm port sensors (usually NO/NC), and others. Our systems both permanently log all sensor readings, and they they send out alerts when conditions are outside acceptable limits, to provide time to protect collections and exhibits. Pricing and support keep our customers happy!
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D&P is the oldest and largest museum fabricator in the United States and prides itself on being able to serve its clients as a “one-stop shop” for all their exhibit, lighting, and AV needs within any given project.
Working with a wide range of museums, designers, architects, general contractors, and a variety of other stakeholders, D&P tackles highly complex, multi-discipline projects in the U.S. and abroad.
Our services for design/build and design/bid contracts include owner’s representation/program management, pre-construction services, exhibition design management, project management, prototyping, exhibit planning, engineering, detailing, exhibit fabrication and installation (including archival casework), graphic design support and production, media hardware and lighting integration, and artifact mounting.
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DLR Group is an integrated architecture, engineering, and specialty discipline firm with a promise to elevate the human experience through design. This promise fuels the work we do around the world, enriching communities and empowering creative expression. Our award-winning portfolio comprises over 40 museum projects of diverse scales and contexts. These projects encompass traditional object-based gallery spaces as well as interactive exhibits and technology-rich environments. Current clients include the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Arizona Science Center, Cleveland Museum of Art, Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia, and Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
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Electrosonic is an award-winning audiovisual and technology services company. We created the AV industry in 1964 and continue to deliver the world’s largest and most complex projects. Our talented teams push the boundaries of audiovisual technology and provide a ‘start-to-finish’ service by designing, building and supporting impactful spaces in 44 countries around the globe.
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Elevativ provides strategic, market, economic and programmatic insights to varying place-based organizations and attractions worldwide.
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Owner’s Representation and Project Management
Our nimble team custom-tailors each project to your needs so it gets done on time, on budget, and with your program goal at the forefront.
We embrace every client’s unique culture and process and customize our management style accordingly.
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Founded in 1934, ERCO is a global leader in architectural and museum lighting, offering premium LED solutions that enhance exhibitions while preserving artifacts. Manufactured in Lüdenscheid, Germany, ERCO’s lighting tools ensure quality, consistency, and sustainability.
Trusted by world-class institutions like the Louvre, National Gallery, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and Harry S. Truman Presidential Library, ERCO transforms spaces with precision and innovation. From galleries to outdoor areas, ERCO’s modular systems create immersive, efficient, and visitor-friendly environments, making light the fourth dimension of architecture.
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EwingCole’s vision is to design places that elevate the human experience; our goal is to build a design culture that can transform the most common buildings and landscapes into meaningful experiences. We bring together research, creativity, and technology through a rigorous process to create places where people live, learn, heal, work, and play.
Galleries and exhibit spaces allow us to step into the past, interpret its meaning, and look to the future. Working directly with exhibit, we enable those stories to be told in new and meaningful ways, designing and planning spaces that allow for flexibility in showcasing various types of collections and accommodating different exhibit formats. From large institutions to small museums, we create transformative environments that educate and inspire, incorporating interactive displays, multimedia installations, and hands-on activities to engage visitors and enhance the learning experience.
In addition to the featured exhibits and collections, many of our museum designs include retail and food service spaces that are inspired by the museum’s mission and are informed by their environment and surroundings. We work closely with clients and expert consultants to create one-of-a-kind experiences based on data-driven decisions and increased opportunities for revenue generation, providing spaces for visitors to relax, socialize, and enjoy refreshments within the cultural complex.
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Fireline is an expert in fire alarm and suppression systems for cultural facilities. We offer solutions intended to minimize the impact to facilities and artifacts in the event of fire.
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With a focus on both physical and digital spaces, we integrate experience design and media with the physical environment to produce immersive storytelling experiences that engage, entertain and create measurable impact. We provide informed strategic services with a touch of disruptive creative execution. Our work delivers a harmony between technology, narrative, and physical design. We are the multidisciplinary firm equipped to bring your project from idea to reality.
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Every display or preservation project is unique. At Gaylord Archival, we understand the challenges you face and can provide the customized solutions you need, plus the best value, quality, selection and support.
More than a showcase, our innovative, patent-pending exhibit solution is hugely scalable yet easily accessible. Learn about the AXS Showcase System: gaylord.com/axs
Shop our complete selection of exhibit & display cases, supplies and accessories or get help from our exhibit consultants. We Are Exhibit: gaylord.com/we-are-exhibit
Use our Custom Box Builder to build and buy custom boxes in just a few clicks! No phone call necessary: gaylord.com/custom
Looking to learn? Visit our Resource Center to find helpful instructional guides and access to our webinar archive: gaylord.com/resources
Saving history is a big job, and the work you do to defend and protect cultural treasures enriches us all. We’re proud to be your partner in preservation.
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Gecko Group is a small, dedicated team passionate about creating excellent visitor experiences through relevant storytelling and beautiful design.
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If you are managing a construction project that uses heavy equipment or blasting, your project will create off-site vibrations that can put your organization and reputation at risk. GeoSonics/Vibra-Tech has been providing vibration and blast consulting services for over 70 years. We have the tools and experience to help you manage your construction risk. Our Re:mote Monitoring Technology, a fully automated monitoring system with web-based data access and smart phone apps, continuously collects and posts data to a customized website, keeping project personnel notified through email/text alarms. Re:mote monitoring capabilities bring the field to you whether you need vibration, noise, dust, geotechnical or environmental monitoring. We also offer pre-construction inspections, damage claim investigations, project criteria development and expert testimony. Visit http://www.geosonicsvibratech.com.
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Glenmede’s Outsourced Chief Investment Officer (OCIO) offering helps museums, cultural institutions and other nonprofits pursue their financial objectives and mission-driven goals. As an OCIO, we operate with discretion and seek to build diversified, dynamic portfolios grounded in our best thinking and customized to each institution’s objectives. Ultimately, our objective is to help each museum and cultural institution that we serve grow and protect their assets for the long-term.
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Founded in 1952, Goppion is the global leader in the design and construction of museum display cases and complex exhibition fit outs, delivering solutions that meet the highest standards of conservation and security. From the beginning, Goppion has combined engineering excellence with a deep understanding of museum needs, working closely with museologists, curators, and architects to develop solutions that both protect and showcase masterpieces. Our craftsmanship is trusted by the world’s most prestigious institutions, including the Louvre, the Tower of London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
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GWWO specializes in the design of inspirational, evocative, and progressive museum environments. The firm’s thorough and thoughtful design philosophy results in projects unique to each institution, but each with a keen focus on supporting and maximizing the Museum’s mission.
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Established in 1965, Hartman-Cox Architects is a Washington, DC-based firm that continuously produces award-winning, imaginative and responsible design for institutional, educational and civic clients. There are three partners: Mary Kay Lanzillotta, FAIA, Scott Teixeira, FAIA, and Carl Holden, AIA, who are all actively engaged in the design and management of projects in a highly collaborative environment.
Hartman-Cox is particularly noted for its sensitivity and response to site and context, as well as its stylistic flexibility which has consistently created buildings that are appropriate to their surroundings and their function. The firm has won over 160 design awards, including six American Institute of Architects Honor Awards, the Louis Sullivan Award for Architecture, the 2006 Arthur Ross Award for Architecture and the American Institute of Architects Architectural Firm Award, the highest award the AIA bestows on a firm for design.
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We’re a full-service museum and experiential design firm staffed by talented and passionate graphics and exhibit designers. We create successful visitor experiences through museum master planning, exhibition design, environmental graphics, branding, and print communications. We collaborate with our clients to tell engaging, meaningful stories through multi-faceted visitor experiences.
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“Howes Studio’s team of museum, education, and media experts will plan, produce, assess & support your hybrid educational programs and E-learning environments.”
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ikon.5 architects is an award-winning, New York City based architecture practice that provides its clients with innovative and sustainable design solutions that exhibit a high level of craft, are aesthetically refined, carefully detailed, and achieve design excellence. Practicing nationally, our clients include museums and cultural institutions, non-profit organizations, colleges and universities, governmental bodies, and corporations. We distill an architecture that responds to a broad constituency, is uniquely tailored to its setting, and connects people with places and activities in meaningful ways. Our collaborative working style, unwavering commitment to design excellence, and exceptional client service has resulted in a high level of return clients and earned the firm over 100 global design awards, as well as multiple nominations for the National Design Award by the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, and recognition by Architizer as the Best Public Project Firm in the United States.
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IT’s a Grind provides information technology advisory services to nonprofits and commercial organizations. We provide fractional CIO/CTO support, Business and Technology Alignment, Technology Cost Analysis, and other Advisory services.
We can help you optimize user experiences, improve productivity, reduce costs, and ultimately achieve your strategic objectives. By fostering collaboration, setting common goals, and overcoming challenges through best practices, businesses can ensure that their IT efforts are closely aligned with their overall business objectives.
We are Passionate Problem Solvers and have supported dozens of Fortune 500, Federal Agencies, and State Governments with their biggest challenges. Let us help you see the forest through the trees. We know IT can be a Grind, but we can provide a disciplined approach and leadership to ensure success.
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With decades of experience in artifact relocation and installation, IWEISS brings unmatched expertise and care to every project. Our team includes certified riggers and artifact handling specialists who understand the unique challenges of working with irreplaceable items. From mounting mammal skeletons to suspending over 90 aviation artifacts, we ensure safe, precise execution every step of the way.
IWEISS combines curatorial awareness with technical skill, offering custom fabricated rigging attachments and conveyance systems tailored to each artifact’s needs. Our team includes certified lift operators and licensed structural engineers available across all 50 states, allowing us to work seamlessly with museums, institutions, and architects nationwide.
Every detail is handled in-house, from submittals and drafting to final installation with a deep commitment to preservation standards and project coordination. Whether the goal is permanent exhibition or secure relocation, IWEISS delivers trusted solutions that protect the integrity and history of every artifact we touch.
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iZone Imaging is North America’s leading manufacturer of sign solutions using panels made of Custom High Pressure Laminate (CHPL) . Our CHPL sign panels are printed, pressed and finished under one roof in a fully integrated facility located in Central Texas. iZone panels are the perfect material for creating outdoor signs, museum exhibits, interpretive and wayfinding signage, decorative wall panels, and more. We pride ourselves on creating products that leave a lasting impression.
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JacobsWyper Architects is an architectural, design and planning firm located in downtown Philadelphia, Austin, and Raleigh providing services to corporate, institutional, and non-profit clients.
We understand the unique challenges faced by museums and cultural institutions, who must find new and creative ways to engage their broader communities, creating spaces that bring together long-time patrons with those whose first visit may be tomorrow night. They must expand the impact of their educational mission with specialized classrooms, meeting spaces, and maker spaces that serve the needs of a wide range of learners. And of course, they must do all of this within funding, scheduling, and spatial constraints. This is exactly the kind of puzzle we love to solve. In fact, our team has been doing it for more than 45 years.
As with any creative endeavor, we approach museum and cultural work as a truly collaborative process between our team and that of our clients and stakeholders. Together, we build innovative and dynamic environments that support cultural institutions and museums to grow and serve their community both now and in the future.
JacobsWyper Architects is certified as a Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) through the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC).
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JGL Consultants is a boutique food service and retail consultancy specializing in cultural institutions. The firm has worked with more than three hundred cultural organizations across the US and Canada in varying phases of development. Our specialty is working with the owner and architect to develop visitor food service, facility rental, and retail programs that enhance the guest experience and maximize earned income potential.
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Kohler Ronan is a multi-disciplined engineering consultancy providing mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, and technology design, along with energy analysis, sustainable design, and commissioning services. From offices in Danbury, CT, and New York, NY, our 70+ professionals collaborate with leading architects on regional and nationally recognized projects. Our portfolio spans cultural and academic institutions as well as historically significant buildings across the country.
Founded in 1998, the firm’s seven partners bring nearly 200 years of combined experience. Kohler Ronan is recognized for its innovative approach to sustainable design, with nearly 20 LEED Accredited Professionals on staff and a growing portfolio of net-zero, net-zero-ready, and high-performance building projects. One partner also holds WELL AP, Fitwel Ambassador, Living Future, and Certified Passive House Designer credentials. The firm is a certified Small Business Enterprise (SBE) and a member of the U.S. Green Building Council.
We are approved Technical Consultants under NYSERDA’s Commercial New Construction and FlexTech programs and Connecticut’s Energize CT initiative, providing energy modeling and commissioning to help clients improve efficiency and access incentives. Kohler Ronan is also a signatory of the Carbon Leadership Forum’s MEP 2040 Challenge.
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Luci designs experiences for museums and brands. Guided by insights from behavioral science, psychology, and neuroscience, we create exhibits that engage the whole body and spark lasting memories. Our outcome-led approach moves beyond traditional playbooks, meeting visitors where they are and weaving new stories that connect generations, cultures, and communities. We design spaces that adapt to shifting narratives and invite play into learning—helping organizations stay relevant in a changing world and creating experiences that resonate in the moment, foster connection across audiences, and live on long after the visit.
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Mad Systems is an award-winning exhibit technology company. We specialize in audiovisual/interactive consultancy as well as AV system design and integration of exhibits for museums, visitor centers, traveling exhibitions and more. We are a majority woman-owned business that uses creative technology to develop long-lasting and easy-to-maintain systems. Mad implements the latest technology using non-proprietary equipment whenever possible.
Mad provides a full range of traditional audiovisual solutions from video displays to interactive computer systems. We also offer the AV++® line of solutions, all which reduce infrastructure and increase longevity. Part of AV++® is the QuickSilver® system. QuickSilver® is an affordable, flexible and comprehensive AV system comprising all that is needed for your AV solutions. This IT computer based system uses non-proprietary hardware and is designed to allow for personalized media delivery, and advanced ADA support. Whether we’re implementing traditional AV solutions or our own technologies, Mad exceeds clients’ expectations – without exceeding budgets.
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Marshall Craft Associates was founded in 1986 to provide architectural, planning, programming, interior design, and facilities technical support services to institutional clients in the Mid-Atlantic who own, occupy, and maintain their physical environments. Today, Marshall Craft has offices in Maryland and Virginia, and we design projects across the U.S. We approach our clients with a personalized level of exceptional services, and we have been honored to work with world-class cultural and civic organizations ranging from museums and community centers to national parks.
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Masterpiece is the premier fine art logistics company in America. Since 1989, our dedicated team has specialized in the coordination, packing, and transport of museum exhibitions, acquisitions, and exchanges. Our staff is experienced in the movement of all types of shipments, from the simple one crate move to chartering the largest air cargo freighters currently operating.
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EXPERTS IN MUSEUM SHOWCASES
Meyvaert has grown from a small mirror factory created in 1826 in Belgium into a global leader in innovative and custom display solutions to present, preserve & protect the most valuable artifacts, and also elevate the aesthetic appeal of exhibits worldwide. With our state-of-the-art facilities, our team of highly skilled engineers, experts project managers and rigorous installers, we have gained a reputation for excellence in design, engineering, fabrication and installation.
Capabilities
Our portfolio encompasses a variety of display solutions, ranging from full exhibit fabrication services and custom showcases to an extensive range of pre-engineered cases and components, as well as off-the-shelf available, thoroughly developed cases, including modular options.
Our continuous focus on R&D enables us to be at the forefront of technological innovation and integration of unique features, such as climate monitoring and security systems, to meet the evolving needs of the museum and exhibition industry.
In addition to our emphasis on superior quality and customization, our collaborative approach with our clients lies at the center of our project methodology. It starts with a consulting and design assist phase to ensure that the proposed solution aligns perfectly with the unique requirements of each individual project and continues throughout the entire project life.
Mission Statement
Our mission is to be solution-driven innovators, who go the extra mile and provide a flawless execution to ensure that stories told endure for generations to come.
Clients Portfolio
Our flexible and yet structured approach, and our commitment to quality and high performance have positioned us as a trusted partner for many museums, galleries, private collectors and institutions across the globe. (see attached list of completed and ongoing project.
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Monadnock designs and produces powerful and provocative media experiences for museums and other cultural institutions. We work closely with architects, designers, and museum staff to seamlessly integrate media into the visitor experience. Our commitment to engaging audiences, uplifting less heard voices and stories, and conveying honest history and science, combined with our expertise in technology, results in novel experiences across every media form: immersive theaters, interactive environments, multiplayer games, AR/VR, and more.
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From museums and airports to theaters and restaurants, Morlights creates lighting experiences that are immersive, memorable, and transformative. Based in Chicago, Morlights is an award-winning firm known for pushing the boundaries of design—using light as a storytelling medium that shapes architecture and experience.
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Page is a national design firm active in the design and rehabilitation of culturally significant buildings. Page is a full-service architecture, engineering and design firm committed to advancing the world through performance-based design.
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Boutique exhibition design firm fusing architecture + design to create immersive spatial experiences with distinct visuals.
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The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) is the official history agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Created in 1945, we are responsible for the collection, conservation, and interpretation of Pennsylvania’s historic heritage, which we accomplish through the Pennsylvania State Archives, the State Museum of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Trails of History (historic sites and museums), the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office, and the Bureau of Management Services.
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Pepper Construction is a family owned company that was established in 1927 and centers its values on safety, quality and diversity. Our mission is to continuously improve people’s quality of life through the built world.
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Since 1935, we’ve believed that design has the power to make the world a better, more beautiful place.
That’s why clients and communities on nearly every continent partner with us to design healthy, happy places in which to live, learn, work, play, and heal.
We’re committed to Living Design, an approach that integrates environmental, social, and design considerations to advance ecological health and well-being. Interior Design named Perkins&Will a “Sustainability Giant” in 2024; Architizer named us the world’s “Best Sustainable Firm” in 2023, and Metropolis named us “Firm of the Year” in 2022 for our industry leadership in advancing climate action and social justice. Fast Company named us one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies in Architecture three times, and in 2021, it added Perkins&Will to its list of Brands That Matter—making us the first architecture practice in the world to earn the distinction.
With an international team of more than 2,400 professionals, we have over 30 studios worldwide, providing integrated services in architecture, interior design, branded environments, urban design, and landscape architecture.
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Founded as an architecture firm in 1965, PGAV has evolved to meet the needs of our clients and the visitors they serve. Today our services include interpretive planning, experience master planning, exhibit design, media production, architecture, and landscape architecture. Project experience includes science museums, history museums, cultural museums, visitor centers, zoos, aquariums, and themed entertainment. Each year over 150 million people visit the destinations we planned and designed, located in 35 states and five continents.
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Creating immersive informal learning engagement opportunities for museums and visitor centers throughout the US. From master planning through design, media production and project management. Your one stop collaborator for bringing your vision to life.
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Riggs Ward Design (RWD) is an award-winning design and media development studio located in Richmond, Virginia. Since 1997, our team has provided exhibition and interactive design, strategic master planning, research, content analysis, storyline development, and exhibit script writing for established, new, and emerging museums, visitor centers, and cultural institutions.
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Insurance broker focused on delivering loss control and insurance solutions to the museum community.
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Roto is a premier experience design and production firm serving the museum, aquarium, zoo, and attraction markets. Organized into a dynamic network of multidisciplinary design and technology studios, we thrive on creating bespoke environments that foster genuine human connections through nature, play, creativity, science, and multisensory immersion.
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Science shapes every aspect of our daily lives, but people rarely understand how, why, or where that happens. The Science History Institute is a free museum and library that serves as a trusted cultural resource. We share the “stories behind the science” to encourage people to think differently about the role of science in their world. Because science has a story.
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Established in 1992, Seneca Group is a distinguished real estate advisory and project management firm, recognized for our leadership and concierge-level client service in various sectors including cultural, civic, education and corporate. We deliver complex new buildings and interior buildouts in alignment with our clients’ goals and missions. From the earliest stages of planning through construction completion and move-in, we tailor our services to meet our clients’ specific needs.
We are a diverse team of 65 seasoned professionals, based primarily in Seattle and the D.C. area, with deep technical backgrounds in architecture, engineering, construction, historic renovation, development, finance, sustainability and facilities management. This dedicated team of now-project managers has an in-depth understanding of developing boutique projects including museums, large-scale sculptures, performing arts venues, public squares and parks, visitor centers, unique campuses, retail and destination hospitality. Their expertise brings exceptional value to every client, wherever they choose to build – nationally or internationally.
Our clients create and innovate with high-profile projects that have a tangible and measurable impact on the world. We lead these mission-driven projects with expertise and commitment to excellence.
Seneca Group – Transforming the Built Environment.
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SmithGroup is a fully integrated architecture and engineering firm with a dedicated Cultural Practice focused exclusively on the planning and design of museums.
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Solid Light has delivered award-winning visitor experiences for museums, tourism and cultural institutions, corporate environments, and public spaces nationwide since 1999. For more information about Solid Light, Inc., visit https://solidlight-inc.com/.
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stabaArte has been designing, manufacturing and installing bespoke art storage systems for museums for over 50 years. Our experienced team of engineers develops custom-tailored solutions to provide the optimal storage solution for each individual collection. Our product line includes art racks, shelving, compact shelving, cabinets, and temporary exhibition walls.
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Studio Gang is an internationally recognized architecture and urban design practice founded and led by MacArthur Fellow Jeanne Gang. Based in Chicago with offices in New York, San Francisco, and Paris, the Studio works as a collective of over 100 architects, designers, and planners that use an iterative, research-based design process to create places that strengthen relationships between people, communities, and the natural world.
Studio Gang’s diverse, award-winning portfolio includes cultural centers, public spaces, and strategic framework plans, across architecture, planning, interiors, and exhibitions. Notable among these are the American Museum of Natural History’s Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation in New York and the reimagined Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts in Little Rock. Studio Gang also develops research, publications, and exhibitions that push design’s ability to create public awareness and give rise to change—a practice the Studio calls “actionable idealism.” Jeanne Gang’s most recent book, “The Art of Architectural Grafting,” provides a new framework for bringing new life to older structures.
The Studio has been honored with numerous awards, including AIA California’s 2025 Firm of the Year, Fast Company’s Most Innovative Company in Architecture, and Architizer’s A+ Firm of the Year Award.
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The mission of the Lepage Center is to advance our conviction that historical study can further public understanding of the present moment. The Center promotes the importance of historical knowledge and perspectives by organizing diverse events and programs that gather scholars, educators, journalists, policymakers, activists and students to reflect upon the present through the lens of the past. Committed to training the next generation of historians, the Lepage Center offers Villanova students a range of opportunities to gain first-hand experience with public history, communications and event programming.
Committed to training the next generation of historians, the Lepage Center offers Villanova students a range of opportunities to gain first-hand experience with public history, communications and event programming.
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The Design Minds provides full-service, content-based exhibit design, content development and scriptwriting, and interpretive planning to museums, visitor centers, corporations, and other public and private institutions. Our process is rooted in thoughtful design: seeking creative, meaningful solutions that maximize both client value and audience experience. Embracing and celebrating cultural differences produces superior products, and we strive to embed these principles in every aspect of our work.
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The Frick Pittsburgh offers authentic experiences with art, history and nature that inspire and delight. Visitors of all ages and backgrounds are warmly welcomed to explore collections of fine and decorative arts, vehicles, historic objects, and buildings – including Clayton, the Frick family home and only intact Gilded Age mansion remaining from Pittsburgh’s Millionaire’s Row – left as a legacy to the people of Pittsburgh by Helen Clay Frick, daughter of noted industrialist and art collector Henry Clay Frick. Alongside these treasures, the Frick offers an active schedule of temporary exhibitions and programs on our 10-acre garden campus in the heart of Pittsburgh’s East End.
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The Lighting Practice has been a leader in lighting design since 1989. With design offices in Chicago, Dallas, New York, and Philadelphia, the firm partners with developers, building owners, and design professionals to develop innovative lighting solutions. TLP’s talented team of lighting design professionals creates dynamic and innovative lighting strategies for projects in museum, civic, corporate, healthcare, higher education, historic, hospitality, retail, mixed-use, and multi-family markets.
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The Projects Group (TPG) offers comprehensive owner’s representative / project management services for cultural projects where we can work on behalf of the owner, centering their best interests. As a certified 100% employee-owned firm, we provide impartial guidance tailored specifically to our clients’ objectives, from project development to completion. Our meticulous attention to detail, coupled with our capacity to predict and address challenges, ensures that projects transition seamlessly from ideas to lasting, sustainable landmarks within their communities. Through our productive partnerships, we also provide valuable master planning, cost estimating, and feasibility/market studies, providing the owner with critical information in the early stages of a project.
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Whiting-Turner provides construction management, general contracting, design-build and integrated project delivery services on projects small and large for a diverse group of customers. We constantly strive to exceed each client’s expectations through innovation, collaboration and best practices.
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Threshold designs places of gathering to learn, share wisdom, and pass along culture. We are a studio of Acoustic and Audio/Video design consultants who help our museum clients see what they want to hear.
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In the United States, TYLin’s Buildings Sector currently comprises 200+ professionals including 70+ professional engineers and 20+ LEED accreditedpersonnel. Our personnel bring creativity, a collaborative ethos, and technical excellence to buildings of all types and scales. We are located across the country with offices in New York City, Rochester, Buffalo, Washington, D.C., Boston, Ann Arbor, Chicago, Los Angeles, Austin, and San Antonio
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Venue is a professional cost consultancy firm dedicated exclusively to museums and cultural arts facilities—that’s all we do, day in and day out.
For more than 20 years, our work has taken us across the United States and internationally, with past and current projects in 17 countries, 39 U.S. states, and 196 U.S. cities.
Within the cultural projects community, Venue is known for its ability to accurately predict construction costs from the earliest master plan, program, or concept design, and to guide projects confidently through the design phases while maintaining budget alignment. Our track record of forecasting bid outcomes from early-stage estimates is consistently strong and widely trusted by owners and design teams alike.
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Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates is a global firm of engineers, architects, and materials scientists committed to helping clients solve, repair, and avoid problems in the built world. We have worked with leading cultural institutions around the nation to help monitor and protect museum art collections from vibrations.
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Ziger|Snead Architects is an award-winning Baltimore-based studio working at the intersection of history, sustainability, and community to craft enduring environments. Founded in 1984, the firm has built a legacy rooted in civic, cultural, and institutional work, adaptive reuse, and a refined commitment to design that enriches places and people.
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Zubatkin Owner Representation, A Cumming Group Company, specializes in the strategic development and management of capital construction projects for not-for-profit institutions and private development clients.
Our diverse portfolio includes collaborations with the American Museum of Natural History, National Museum of Mathematics, Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Guggenheim Foundation, Brooklyn Museum, 9/11 Memorial & Museum, Planet Word, Studio Museum in Harlem, Clark Art Institute, and USGA.
As project managers, we partner with our clients across all stages of the project life cycle – from initial strategic planning and feasibility assessments through design, exhibit integration / management, approvals, procurement, construction, commissioning and closeout. Our in-house expertise includes program development, cost estimating, scheduling, and risk management.