The Experiential Design Index

Local Projects

Active

Selected as exhibition designer for the National Juneteenth Museum in Fort Worth (announced October 2024); "The Inaugural Experience" at the Louisiana Civil Rights Museum opened October 2023; active project portfolio maintained on localprojects.com as of this check. (verified 2026-07-18)

Local Projects is a New York City-based experience and media design studio founded by Jake Barton, known for combining exhibit design, interactive media, and software development for museums, memorials, and brand experiences; the firm was acquired by MTM in 2019.

HeadquartersNew York, NY
RolesExhibit Design, Media Design & Software, Interpretive Planning, Master Planning
Websitehttps://localprojects.com

Projects (39)

ProjectVenueRoleYear
First Bank of the United States Museum First Bank of the United States Exhibit Design 2026
Camouflage: Designed to Deceive International Spy Museum Exhibit Design 2026
Expanding Freedom Shockoe Institute Exhibit Design, Media Design & Software 2026
Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Exhibition Experience Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum Interpretive Planning, Exhibit Design 2026
Waterway of Change: Complex Legacies of the Erie Canal Canalside Exhibit Design, Media Design & Software 2025
Freedom Tower Restoration and Visitor Experience Freedom Tower Exhibit Design, Media Design & Software 2025
Imaginary Worlds Arthur M. Blank Hospital Media Design & Software 2024
Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center Exhibit Design 2024
Orientation & Children's Galleries The Columbus Museum Exhibit Design 2024
Do Good Plaza University of Maryland Exhibit Design 2024
Dassai Blue Sake Brewery Dassai Blue Sake Brewery Exhibit Design 2023
Big Button Sculpture Garment District (7th Ave & 39th St) Exhibit Design 2023
The Inaugural Experience Louisiana Civil Rights Museum Exhibit Design, Media Design & Software 2023
Courage to Act: Rescue in Denmark Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust Exhibit Design 2023
Scent Discovery World of Coca-Cola Exhibit Design 2023
Great Southern Land National Museum of Australia Media Design & Software 2022
EY-Nottingham Spirk Innovation Hub EY-Nottingham Spirk Innovation Hub Exhibit Design, Media Design & Software 2021
Faith and Liberty Discovery Center Faith and Liberty Discovery Center Exhibit Design 2021
Greenwood Rising: Black Wall Street History Center Greenwood Rising: Black Wall Street History Center Exhibit Design, Media Design & Software 2021
TIME "The March": A Virtual Reality Exhibit DuSable Museum of African American History Exhibit Design 2020
Planet Word Planet Word Exhibit Design, Media Design & Software 2020
The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration The Legacy Museum Master Planning, Exhibit Design, Media Design & Software 2018
ARTLENS Exhibition Cleveland Museum of Art Media Design & Software 2017
London Mithraeum Core Exhibits London Mithraeum Media Design & Software 2017
IBM Watson Experience Center IBM Watson Experience Center (Cooper Square) Exhibit Design, Media Design & Software 2016
New York at Its Core Museum of the City of New York Media Design & Software 2016
BioDesign Studio The Tech Interactive Exhibit Design 2016
Athletic History Wall Virtue Field House Media Design & Software 2015
City Pulse Orientation Experience One World Observatory Media Design & Software 2015
Target Open House Target Open House Exhibit Design 2015
Brookfield Place Digital Wayfinding Brookfield Place Media Design & Software 2014
Interactive Multitouch Tables — New Cooper Hewitt Experience Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Media Design & Software 2014
Cooper Hewitt Reopening — Identity, Wayfinding, and Signage Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Media Design & Software 2014
National September 11 Memorial Museum National September 11 Memorial & Museum Media Design & Software 2014
Body Metrics The Tech Interactive Exhibit Design 2014
Gallery One Cleveland Museum of Art Media Design & Software 2013
Civil Debate Wall Bob Graham Center for Public Service Exhibit Design 2012
Official New York City Information Center Official New York City Information Center Media Design & Software 2009
StoryCorps Story Booth Grand Central Terminal Interpretive Planning 2003

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