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Design, Budgeting and Tough Decisions
Design budgeting can be a difficult pill for clients to understand or swallow. Sometimes it is easier to understand if you can correlate it to something in your personal life. It would be like...
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6 Life Lessons Painting a Fence Can Teach You
I often hire help on my farm, Bluestem Stables. This year I have a fence that needs painting on top of all the usual maintenance – mowing pastures and trails, fixing fences, clearing fallen trees, etc....
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3 Factors that Help Control Your Museum Exhibit Planning Budget
Designing a home has similar considerations to designing a museum exhibit. I recently met with a Timberframe constructor and he gave me some pointers to get started. He drew a triangle, at the peak was...
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The Dollars and Sense of Exhibits
Last month, we hosted a webinar about museum exhibit design and fabrication pricing, fees, cost breakdown, and value engineering. We had such an overwhelmingly positive response that we reached our...
View ArticleHow Museums and Parks Can Do More with Less Staff
Recently I asked several clients, “What is the biggest problem you are struggling with?” Several said budget cuts have meant less staff and recruiting is difficult. Many parks have lost funding for...
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Do It Yourself Exhibit Design and Fabrication
Many nature centers, museums and visitor centers want to create their own exhibits or have changeable exhibits. Our client Anita Purves Nature Center had us design and build exhibits for them over a...
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DIY Museum Graphics
YOU can create effective interpretive graphics for your facility, even when your budget is small or you lack design resources! We are often challenged with telling a story and redesigning a space that...
View ArticleThe Exhibit Budgeting Tool That Will Save You Time and Money
Have you ever walked into a multi-million dollar building only to find poster-board-style graphics for exhibits? I have. Or entered your small neighborhood visitor center to encounter high-tech...
View ArticleThe RFP Template That Will Get You Results
Writing an RFP can be overwhelming. In order to stand out and solicit contractors that fit your institution and project’s needs, you’ll need to prepare a well thought out document. Many firms receive...
View ArticleHow To Get The Exhibits You Want With Low Bid
You can bet that most celebrated actresses walking down the red carpet at the latest awards gala didn’t choose their apparel designer on cost only. In his blog, Jason asks many questions you might...
View ArticleHow to Powerfully Display Your Artifacts, Even on a Budget
Money is always tight, but a good artifact display does not have to break the bank or bust your budget! We work with many museums, nature centers, and interpretive sites whose budgets are often lean....
View ArticleTackling Your Site’s New Year’s Resolutions
Have you made your New Year’s resolutions? No, I’m not talking about you personally – I’m talking about your organization! Just like people, parks and museums should look to the new year as an...
View ArticleShave Your Alpaca and Conquer Your Struggles!
In working with our clients over the past 27 years, we learned of the constant struggles that museums, nature centers, parks, and other interpretive sites face. For a long time, we’ve aspired to start...
View ArticleThe Quick & Easy Guide for Awesome Interpretive Plans
You know the old saying – do not put the cart before the horse! Before you can even begin designing and building your exhibits, your site needs an interpretive master plan. You need to analyze your...
View Article5 Proven Pointers To Ensure Budget Success
There are common scenarios that trigger emotions to rise during museum exhibit projects. Emotions rise because these situations usually cost more money. In our world that can mean eliminating something...
View ArticleIt’s Time To Declare Your Independence – From Bad Exhibits!
Yesterday was the Fourth of July, so we thought that it was a perfect time for museums, nature centers, historic sites, and other interpretive venues to declare their independence – from bad exhibits,...
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DIY Museum Graphics
YOU can create effective interpretive graphics for your facility, even when your budget is small or you lack design resources! We are often challenged with telling a story and redesigning a space that...
View ArticleThe Exhibit Budgeting Tool That Will Save You Time and Money
Have you ever walked into a multi-million dollar building only to find poster-board-style graphics for exhibits? I have. Or entered your small neighborhood visitor center to encounter high-tech...
View ArticleThe RFP Template That Will Get You Results
Writing an RFP can be overwhelming. In order to stand out and solicit contractors that fit your institution and project’s needs, you’ll need to prepare a well thought out document. Many firms receive...
View ArticleHow To Get The Exhibits You Want With Low Bid
You can bet that most celebrated actresses walking down the red carpet at the latest awards gala didn’t choose their apparel designer on cost only. In his blog, Jason asks many questions you might...
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