Oregon Historical Society
The Design Minds provides interpretive planning, exhibit and graphic design, and content development services to museums, visitor centers, corporations, and other public and private institutions. We root our work process in thoughtful design: seeking creative, meaningful solutions that maximize both client value and audience experience.
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
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
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
