The following case studies highlight several of our planning, evaluation, and research projects. The summaries review a portion of the project, providing a brief snapshot of our work.

Reynolda’s Plan for the Future
[2009]
An impact-driven organizational planning project with an historic house and art museum
Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, NC

Skyline
[2009]
A summative evaluation of an NSF-funded exhibition with a children’s museum
Chicago Children’s Museum, Chicago, IL

Types of Sports Fans
[2008]
An audience research project with a sports museum
Sports Legends Museum at Camden Yards, Baltimore, MD

Understanding Faculty and Students’ Responses to a Reinstallation of the Permanent Collection
[2008]
An audience research project with a college art museum
Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA

What Motivates Young Adults to Visit an Art Museum?
[2008]
An audience research project with an art museum
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA

Wild Music
[2008]
A summative evaluation with a science museum
Science Museum of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN

Elephant Exhibit
[2007]
A front-end evaluation with a zoo
The Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens, Los Angeles, CA

Ellis Island’s Hospital and Medical Facilities
[2007]
A front-end evaluation of an interpretive plan with a historic site
Save Ellis Island, Mount Olive, NJ

FAO Schwartz Children’s Center School Programs
[2007]
A program evaluation with a history museum
The Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY

Teaching Literacy Through Art (TLTA)
[2003 - 2006]
An educational research project with an art museum
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY

BIG Lesson
[2005]
A program evaluation with a natural history museum
Michigan State University Museum, East Lansing, MI

Community Perceptions
[2005]
An audience research project with a history museum
Rogers Historical Museum, Rogers, AR

Vicious Fishes
[2005]
A front-end exhibition evaluation with a science museum
Miami Museum of Science & Planetarium, Miami, FL

CityScape
[2004]
A front-end exhibition evaluation with a children's museum
Chicago Children's Museum, Chicago, IL

Community Relations
[2004]
An audience research project with a natural history museum
Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University, New Haven, CT

Reinstallation of the American Indian Art Collection
[2003]
A front-end exhibition evaluation with an art museum
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO

Vanishing Wildlife
[2003]
A summative exhibition evaluation with an aquarium
Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, CA

For Which It Stands: The American Flag in American Life
[2002]
A front-end exhibition evaluation with a history museum
National Museum of American History, Washington, DC

Visitor Survey
[2001]
An audience research project with a nonprofit coalition
Cultural Tourism DC, Washington, DC

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