The Experiential Design Index

Hoover Dam Visitor Center Exhibit Renovation — Hoover Dam Visitor Center

The Hoover Dam Visitor Center's exhibits, near Boulder City, Nevada, reopened in June 2025 after a $15 million renovation funded through the Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act; exhibit design was by AldrichPears Associates, with kubik maltbie as prime exhibit contractor and AV installer and Northern Light Productions as media producer.

VenueHoover Dam Visitor Center
Project typeMajor Renovation
StatusCompleted
Year completed2025
Technologiesimmersive media, interactive physical model

Credits

FirmRoleNote
AldrichPears Associates Exhibit Design
kubik maltbie Fabrication Prime exhibit contractor
kubik maltbie AV Integration
Northern Light Productions Content Production Media producer for the renovated visitor experience
Eos Lightmedia Lighting Design Provided lighting design and production administration for a 7,610 sq ft coordinated exhibit package, collaborating from concept through construction with exhibit designer AldrichPears Associates and model makers, per Eos Lightmedia's own project page.

Description

The 5,700-square-foot renovated exhibit space includes thirteen interactive and immersive media experiences, including an immersive canyon passageway with panoramic media recreating 1920s dam construction, a "Build-a-Dam" interactive physical model, and media installations on worker history and Boulder City's development.

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