Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Contact Station Client US Fish and Wildlife Service Completion September 2014 Designer The Design Minds Color-Ad was responsible for the planning, design, production, and installation of all exhibit elements for the Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge. We teamed with a design firm, The Design Minds, to develop a variety of clear,…
US Naval Academy Museum Client United States Naval Academy Completion February 2010 Designer Museum Design Associates The Naval Academy project was a phased project consisting of two galleries located on separate floors: The First Deck gallery, which focuses on the story of the US Navy; and the Second Deck gallery, which focuses on the Rogers…
Albuquerque Museum of Art and History Client City of Albuquerque Completion February 2015 Designer The Design Minds Color-Ad contracted five specialty trades to complete the project which included the fabrication and installation of interpretive exhibits, micro-climate artifact cases and artifact mounts, cut out graphics, lifecast mannequins, mechanical interactives, scenic dioramas, specialty exhibit lighting, and AV…
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Client National Park Service Completion April 2012 Designer Office of Krister Olmon The Interagency Visitor Center for the SMMNRA is located at King Gillette Ranch and serves as the main information and interpretive center for the SMMNRA, including state park and national park sites and conservancy lands. The Interagency…
Peoria Playhouse Children’s Museum Client Peoria Park District Completion August 2016 Designer Jack Rouse Associates The Peoria PlayHouse exhibits draw on Peoria and Central Illinois, celebrating the past, present, and future of the community. The space features six themed exhibit areas and a wide variety of programs for children of all ages including three “tot…
Bryce Canyon National Park Client National Park Service Completion May 2017 Designer EDX Color-Ad project managed, fabricated, and installed the exhibits for the new Visitor Center experience at Bryce Canyon National Park. The complex and immersive exhibits covered a broad range of subject matter that includes geology, natural history, and cultural history elements. The production…
Pearl Harbor Visitor Center and Museum Client National Park Service Completion November 2010 Designer Aldrich Pears Associates The USS Arizona project consisted of two building galleries and exterior signage. Color-Ad worked very closely with the park, sub contractors and historians to accurately depict the relationship between Pearl Harbor, WWII, and Japan. The goal of this…
North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island Client State of North Carolina Completion August 2016 Designer Cambridge Seven Associates Color-Ad assembled a multi-disciplinary team of in-house fabricators, graphic production specialists, and various specialty subcontractors to complete the scope for this project. We provided turnkey fabrication and installation on acrylic animal tanks, scenic tank inserts, life support…
Johnstown Children’s Museum Client Johnstown Area Historical Association Completion Exhibit A Design Group Designer January 2010 The Johnstown Children’s Museum is a highly interactive and immersive environment for children and their families. The museum’s themes focused on the history, sociology, biology, and infrastructure of the city of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The materials and fabrication methods met…
The Carver Discovery Center Client National Park Service Completion February 2007 Designer Exhibit A Project Details: A 6,700 square foot interactive science and history museum designed especially for children of various ages. This was a design-build contract in which Color-Ad partnered with the design firm Exhibit A. The fabrication phase of the contract lasted from…
