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The Design Minds

Also known as: The Design Minds, Inc.

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Active company website with a current portfolio and team page; credited exhibit designer on the Airborne & Special Operations Museum and other museum/visitor-center projects. (verified 2026-07-18)

The Design Minds is a Fairfax, Virginia-based exhibit design and interpretive planning firm founded in 1999, working with museums, national parks, and cultural institutions nationwide.

HeadquartersFairfax, VA
Founded1999
RolesExhibit Design, Interpretive Planning
Websitehttps://thedesignminds.com/

Projects (17)

ProjectVenueRoleYear
Sacred Liberty (The Bible & America 250) Museum of the Bible Exhibit Design 2026
Museum of Utah and Collection Facility Museum of Utah Exhibit Design 2026
Nez Perce National Historical Park Visitor Center Renovation Nez Perce National Historical Park Visitor Center Exhibit Design 2024
Visitor Center Exhibits Antietam National Battlefield Visitor Center Exhibit Design 2023
One City, Many Cultures Mogan Cultural Center Exhibit Design 2023
Seeking Freedom B&O Railroad Museum Exhibit Design 2022
Annapolis: An American Story Museum of Historic Annapolis Exhibit Design 2022
First Freedom The Valentine Exhibit Design 2020
Experience Oregon Oregon Historical Society Interpretive Planning, Exhibit Design 2019
Energy Alley Visitor Center Holland Energy Park Exhibit Design 2017
Museum of Mississippi History Permanent Exhibition Museum of Mississippi History Exhibit Design 2017
Only in Albuquerque Albuquerque Museum Exhibit Design 2016
Schisler Museum of Wildlife & Natural History Schisler Museum of Wildlife & Natural History Exhibit Design 2016
Visitor Contact Station Exhibits Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Contact Station Exhibit Design 2014
Behind the Badge Smithsonian National Postal Museum Exhibit Design 2014
Becoming Patsy Cline Museum of the Shenandoah Valley Exhibit Design 2013
Airborne & Special Operations Museum Core Exhibits Airborne & Special Operations Museum Exhibit Design 2000

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