The Vinoy Hotel project is a petite 500 square feet in a high traffic hallway where catering carts and luggage regularly rattled through. The client wanted the exhibit to be “fresh” for up to 10 years and give off a “hip and historic” vibe.
The exhibit won the State of Florida, Division of Cultural Affairs award.
Image: A History of the Renaissance Vinoy Hotel
Location: St. Petersburg, FL
Exhibits in the Doral Glades Nature Center sought to form an empathetic connection between visitors and the fragile ecosystem that’s the Everglades. Their next-door neighbor.
Image: A simple question and answer flip-door activity informs visitors of Everglades animals’ characteristics.
To install Green Gold in the new museum, MAM Exhibit Design coordinated the work of independent graphic artists, a photo historian/archivist/client, fabricators, interactive developers, printers and the guy who refurbished the slot machine. The project was delivered on-time and under budget.
Image: A Installing Green Gold – Farming in the Winter Garden Region.
Location: Weisman Museum of Southwest Texas; Uvalde, TX
Tampa firefighters spent years collecting photographs, artifacts and records. MAM Exhibit Design organized and scanned the photos and documents; found photos in university and community libraries, archives, and personal collections and at a storage unit auction. The documents provide a rich visual history of Tampa firefighting from its earliest volunteer days over a century ago.
Image: Photo of ca. 1950s communication technicians in front of the Gamewell alarm panel at left.
Location: Tampa Firefighter Museum; Tampa, FL
For the Napoleon Bonaparte exhibit, MAM Exhibit Design served as the Registrar – writing original records for 350+ artifacts; as the Exhibit Designer – designing case layouts at host museums, and designing exhibit case interiors and exhibit mounts; as the Preparator - unpacking and installing the precious artifacts
Image: Napoleon: An Intimate Portrait A Napoleon’s coronation sword is mounted in the case with a court coat. (Rebranded to Treasures of Napoleon)