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West Office

Also known as: West Office Exhibition Design

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Portfolio site (woed.com) lists an active, current studio with a maintained projects page and staff; woed.com's current "Featured Projects" carousel leads with Space Race at the Cosmosphere (completed September 2025, already in this dataset), postdating the prior anchor projects (Gold Mountain, The California Museum, opened January 2020; SMUD Museum of Science and Curiosity, 2021/2022). No evidence of closure; studio has operated continuously since 1985 per its own history page. (verified 2026-07-19)

West Office (West Office Exhibition Design) is an Oakland, California-based exhibit design and museum planning studio founded in 1985, working across science and technology museums, children's museums, environmental centers, history and cultural museums, and corporate visitor centers.

HeadquartersOakland, CA
Founded1985
RolesExhibit Design, Interpretive Planning, Master Planning
Websitehttps://woed.com

Projects (41)

ProjectVenueRoleYear
Space Race Cosmosphere Exhibit Design 2025
Autodesk Gallery 2.0 Autodesk Gallery Exhibit Design 2021
Nature Detectives SMUD Museum of Science and Curiosity Exhibit Design 2021
Water Challenge SMUD Museum of Science and Curiosity Exhibit Design 2021
Gold Mountain: Chinese Californian Stories The California Museum Exhibit Design 2020
Women Inspire The California Museum Exhibit Design 2020
CosmoKids Cosmosphere Exhibit Design 2020
California Stories from Thámien to Santa Clara de Saisset Museum Exhibit Design 2020
Puppy Center Learning Lab Guide Dogs for the Blind Exhibit Design 2020
Hana Gardens Japanese Heritage Garden and Interpretive Plaza Hana Gardens Exhibit Design, Interpretive Planning 2019
Unity Center The California Museum Exhibit Design 2017
The Topaz Museum The Topaz Museum Exhibit Design 2017
The Wonder of Small Things The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures Exhibit Design 2015
Explore Nature North Museum of Nature and Science Exhibit Design 2015
Alchemy Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum Exhibit Design 2015
Grit and Soul Tenderloin Museum Exhibit Design 2015
A Century of Care Children's Health Exhibit Design 2013
Big Break Visitor Center Exhibits Big Break Visitor Center Exhibit Design 2012
Health Happens Here The California Museum Exhibit Design 2012
Driving America The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation Exhibit Design 2012
A Walk in the Wild: Continuing Muir's Journey Oakland Museum of California Exhibit Design 2011
Southern Ute Cultural Center and Museum Core Exhibits Southern Ute Cultural Center and Museum Exhibit Design 2011
Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Educational Exhibits The World Food Prize Hall of Laureates Exhibit Design 2011
Association of Former Students Interactive Exhibits Clayton W. Williams, Jr. Alumni Center Exhibit Design 2009
Park City Museum Expansion and Permanent Exhibits Park City Museum Exhibit Design 2009
Swaner EcoCenter Exhibits Swaner EcoCenter Exhibit Design 2008
Springs Preserve Springs Preserve Exhibit Design 2007
Global Traveler & Datastream Lobby Exhibits Cadence Design Systems Headquarters Exhibit Design 2006
California Hall of Fame The California Museum Exhibit Design 2006
Destination Universe Chabot Space and Science Center Exhibit Design 2006
A Moon Odyssey Chabot Space and Science Center Exhibit Design 2006
Aftershock! Voices from the 1906 Earthquake and Fire Oakland Museum of California Exhibit Design 2006
Minerva Award Exhibit The California Museum Exhibit Design 2005
The World Around Us Louisville Science Center Exhibit Design 2005
Discovery Museum World Forestry Center Exhibit Design 2005
Mars Encounter Chabot Space and Science Center Exhibit Design 2003
Visitor Center Levi Strauss & Co. Headquarters Exhibit Design 2003
Plains Indian Museum Buffalo Bill Center of the West Exhibit Design 1999
Creative World California Science Center Exhibit Design 1998
World of Life California Science Center Exhibit Design 1998
Permanent Exhibition Washington State History Museum Exhibit Design 1996

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