Museums can be confusing to visitors. Helping visitors find what they came for and to discover unexpected exhibits creates memorable experiences. Design is a strategic business tool for a Museum. By creating clear, consistent and compelling communications throughout the exhibit spaces, design brings a museum to life.

Whether itʼs bringing a rich imagination to life, cultivating a sense of discovery or empowering generations to explore, education is at the core of our future. Visitors go to museums and its exhibitions to learn, experience unique stories and increase understanding of lifeʼs mysteries.

Through its comprehensive work on countless award-winning museums around the country, Hunt Design has brought excitement and clarity to a variety of topics in a wide range of grand architectural places and spaces, ranging from Americaʼs historic past, the science of electricity, the history and future of cars and space travel and the childlike wonder in a fairy tale. The firmʼs comprehensive design programs for museums touch every point of guest contact, from ticketing and entry to the exhibit spaces, common areas and printed maps.

Museums have undergone a tremendous amount of expansion and change over the past several years. From simply re-naming the configuration of floors and zones to complete re-branding —each was critical to its overall success. Programs created by Hunt Design are exemplified in vast new systems of directory signage, color-coding and mapping systems.

Hunt Design also employs graphics as a tool to re-invent the museumʼs many environments through its creative uses of wayfinding techniques, clutter abatement, marketing, vertical renaming and zone orientation — thus improving the overall guest experience.

Our services for museums include

• Existing signage evaluation
• Naming and Branding
• Signage Programs
• Exhibit Graphics
• Maps and Directories
• Donor Recognition Programs

Representative Projects
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
ACE Garage
Auto Club of Southern California Lobby
Black Chrome
California Science Center – Donor Recognition
Cattle Raisers Museum
DeYoung Museum
Drive: Cattle Raising, Past & Future
Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum
Faster
Ford Rouge Factory Tour
Fort Worth Museum of Science & History
Energy Blast, Dino Dig, Dino Labs
Greenfield Village, Michigan
Hollywood Bowl Museum
Huell Howser and California’s Gold
Jake Lee
Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago
Nevada Museum of Art
One World Observatory
Riviera Country Club
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Southwest Museum: Common Threads
Southwest Museum: Down from the Shimmering Sky
The Henry Ford
Turtle Bay Exploration Park
You! The Experience
California Science Center