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Top 10 Exhibit Design Firms: Midwest US

Ranked by recency-weighted eligible project count, 2021–2026, firms headquartered in the Midwest US (US Census Bureau regions; Canada listed separately). The 10 highest-scoring firms hold a numbered rank; 5 more firms with eligible activity are listed below the table.

Score = 1.0 per eligible project completed this year or last, 0.75 for 2–3 years ago, 0.5 for 4–5 years ago, +0.1 per independently-sourced project (capped at +0.5/firm). Eligible: status: completed projects with year_completed in the trailing 5 years. Ties broken by most recent status_verified date. See About for the full methodology.

Counts reflect the work this index has recorded, not a census of any firm's total output — coverage depth varies by firm — and a position here implies no judgment of design quality.

RankScore FirmHQEligible projects
117.4 Dimensional Innovations Overland Park, KS Sabetha History Center Exhibits (2026), The Forge (2025), Andretti Indoor Karting & Games — Fort Worth (2025), Atlas9 Experience Design (2025), MidAmerican Atrium (2025), Falcon Stadium Fan Experience (2025), Kansas Museum of History Core Exhibits (2025), RD1 Spirits Guest Experience (2025), Donor Activations & Environmental Design (2025), Gainesville Dragon (2024), Kansas City International Airport New Terminal Experience (2024), Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum Core Exhibits (2023), American Century Investments Headquarters Experience (2023), CSU Spur Environmental and Interactive Exhibit Design (2023), History Hallway (2023), Minnesota Twins Celebration Signs (2023), Social Butterflies (2022), Situation Room Experience (2022), Mavs Vault (2022), Thrivent Financial Headquarters Experience Center (2022), Malala's World and Giants of the Jurassic (2021), Amphibian and Reptile Center (2021)
211.2 Luci Creative Lincolnwood, IL Museum Experience Center (2026), MoMoney Core Exhibits (2026), GAME ON! Science, Sports & Play (2025), Illinois Holocaust Museum Experience360 (2025), 007 Science: Inventing the World of Bond (2024), Northwest Kidney Centers Dialysis Museum (2024), The USGA Experience and World Golf Hall of Fame (2024), Amazon Visitor Landing (2023), National Music Museum Reinstallation (2023), Mars: The Next Giant Leap (2022), U-505 Dive Trainer (2022), Experience Gallery (2022), Moonshot Museum (2022), How Do You See the World? / Publishing House Experience (2021), Edsel & Eleanor Ford House Visitor Center (2021)
310.2 Roto Dublin, OH Mote Science Education Aquarium (2025), Prototype: The Experimental Museum (2025), Lehigh Valley Watershed (2024), Lehigh Valley Health Network: My Body (2024), Science in the Making (2024), Hamilton Family Aquarium (2024), Kaleideum (2024), Aquaticus (Reimagine Nauticus) (2024), Hall of Fame Headquarters (2023), Discovery World on Market (2023), Uniquely Human (2023), Puller Gallery & Miller Annex (2021), The Legacy Museum Expansion (2021)
47.5 Span Studio Chicago, IL Currents: 60 Years of CAC (2026), Chicago's Living Habitat (2026), Gateway Through Time (2025), The Legacy of Wrigley Field (2025), Intuit Art Museum Inaugural Exhibitions (2025), Escaramuza, the Poetics of Home (2024), Archetypes: A Designed Object Pop-Up Shop (2023), Framed Views (2023)
56.5 Split Rock Studios Minneapolis, MN Main Exhibit Hall Renovation (2026), Great River Children's Museum (2025), The Saga Center (2025), You Are Here (2024), Ancient Seas (2024), Nya'waap Illyuw Uuchyuwp — Our Way of Knowing (2022), From the Woods to the World (2021), Conservation Action Center (2021)
65.5 Taylor Studios Rantoul, IL National WWI Museum and Memorial Trench and Triage Hospital Refresh (2025), Great Lakes 360 (2024), River's Edge Discovery Center Exhibits (2024), Allerton Park Visitor Center Redesign (2023), Pinnacle Mountain State Park Visitor Center Exhibits (2023), Custer State Park Bison Center Exhibits (2022), Pokagon State Park Interpretive Exhibits (2022), Fort Bend Museum Renovation (2021)
75.2 PGAV Destinations St. Louis, MO Jewels of the Sea: The Jellyfish Experience (2025), The 1904 World's Fair (2024), Wonder of Water (Rotunda) (2024), SeaWorld Yas Island Core Exhibits (2023), Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Honor Museum (2022), Wilson Center for Nature Discovery (2022), The Commons (2022)
84.9 Jack Rouse Associates Cincinnati, OH Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum Renovation (2025), Cincinnati Black Music Walk of Fame (2023), Adventure Port (2023), Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory Tour and Gallery Renovation (2023), View Boston (2023), Mavs Vault (2022)
92.2 Hyperquake Cincinnati, OH Illumina Executive Briefing Center (2023), OpenBlue Innovation Center (2023), Teradata Executive Briefing Center (2021)
101.4 Exhibit Concepts, Inc. Vandalia, OH Ford Nature Center Renovation (2023), Mosaic Templars Cultural Center Renovation: Phase I (2021)

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Firms with eligible activity in the window that fall outside the ranked table — fewer than 2 eligible projects, or a score below the top 10. Listed alphabetically, not ranked.

FirmHQEligible projects
Hilferty & Associates Athens, OH Larry Bird Museum (2024)
HOK St. Louis, MO Customer Experience Center (2021)
M. Catton & Co. Le Mars, IA Medal of Honor Museum at Patriots Point Renovation (2024)
SmithGroup Detroit, MI The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century (2023)
Studio Gang Chicago, IL Flyway City: Architecture for a Flourishing Ecosystem (2026)