The Design Minds provides interpretive planning, exhibit and graphic design, and content development services. We advocate for an inclusive process that engages diverse stakeholder and community groups.

Services

Exhibit, Graphic + Experience Design

Interpretive Master Planning

Fabrication Administration + Installation

Scriptwriting + Editing

Community Engagement + Visitor Surveys

Environmental Graphics, Waysides, + Signage

Content Management (Artifacts + Images)

Content Development + Management

Clients

Albuquerque Museum | Albuquerque, NM

Arlington National Cemetery | Arlington, VA

Capital Jewish Museum | Washington, DC

The Columbus Museum | Columbus, GA

Eisenhower Presidential Library | Abilene, KS

History Annapolis | Annapolis, MD

Holland Energy Park | Holland, MI

Loudon Water | Ashburn, VA

McLeod Plantation | Charleston, SC

Museum of Jewish Heritage | New York, NY

Museum of Mississippi History | Jackson, MS

Museum of Utah | Salt Lake City, UT

National Archives | Multiple Sites

National Guard Memorial Museum | Washington, DC

National Inventors Hall of Fame | Alexandria, VA

National Library of Medicine | Bethesda, MD

National Park Service | Multiple Sites

Newseum | Washington, DC

Oregon Historical Society | Portland, OR

Supreme Court of the United Sates | Washington, DC

Loudon Water | Ashburn, VA

U.S. Army Basic Training Museum | Fort Jackson, SC

U.S. Federal District Courthouses | Multiple, Sites

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services | Multiple Sites

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum | Washington, DC

University of Tennessee | Knoxville, TN

WV Division of Cultural and History | Wheeling, WV

Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum | Staunton, VA

Wyoming State Museum | Cheyenne, WY

Recent Awards

2023 NAI Media Awards, 1st Place Interior Exhibits | B&O Railroad Museum

2023 NAI Media Awards, 1st Place Accessibility | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial

2022 Freeman Tilden Award, Excellence in Interpretation | Charles Pinckney National Historic Site

2020 NAI Media Awards, 1st Place Interior Exhibits | Cuyahoga Valley National Park

2020 AAM Exhibit Awards, Special Achievement Informed by Community Voices | Oregon Historical Society

Thoughtful Interpretive Planning + Exhibit Design

10364 Main Street Fairfax, Virginia 22030

703-246-9241

info@thedesignminds.com