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Exhibition Planning, Design & Production   alphabetical listing:


Amelia Island Museum of History, Fernandina Beach, Florida 
    • Comprehensive design of 3000 sq. ft. permanent exhibition, 
       1999-2000


The Barnacle, Coconut Grove, Florida 
    • Concept design for Commodore Munroe Visitor Center, 2005


Bellevue Park/Butts Archaeological Site, Daytona Beach, Florida 
    • Site planning, design and production of wayside exhibits, 2002

Big Bend Maritime Museum Initiative,
Panacea, Florida
    • Comprehensive museum planning
2005

Blue Goose Midden Archaeological Site,
Indian River, Florida
    • Planning, design and production of exhibit on Ais People, 2002


Blue Springs State Park, Orange City, Florida 
    • Planning, design and production of exhibits throughout historic 

      Thursby House, 2004

Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons Island, Maryland
    • Curator of Design & Exhibits, 1989-1994
    • Major Theme and Traveling Exhibitions (10,900 sq. ft. & $2.2 million 

       exhibit budget)
    • Designer and project manager Charting the Chesapeake 1590-1990


Colonial Spanish Quarter Museum, St. Augustine, Florida
    • Business plan in association with ATELIER*Kathleen Brown, 2008


Crystal River Archeological Park, Crystal River, Florida
    • Concept design for interpretive resources 


Deltaville Maritime Museum, Deltaville, Virginia
    • Exhibit concept development and training, 2014
    • Design and production of F.D. Crockett buyboat exhibit


Dudley Farm State Historic State Park, Newberry, Florida   
    • Research, design & production of visitor center exhibits 


Egmont Key State Park, Ft. DeSoto Beach, Florida 
    • Concept development of museum


Faver-Dykes State Park, St. Johns County, Florida 
    • Barrier free interpretive trail plan


Florida Agriculture Museum, Flagler County, Florida 
    • Design and production of dairy barn exhibits


Florida Civilian Conservation Corps Museum, Highlands Hammock 
       State Park, Sebring, FL
    • Research, design & production of 2,700 sq. ft. permanent exhibit
    • Awarded Florida Trust For Historic Preservation for Outstanding

     Achievement,  Preservation Education/Media, 2006 

Florida Greenways & Trails Visitor Center, Palatka, Florida 
    • Research, design & production of visitor center exhibits


Florida Museum of Medicine and Public Health, Jacksonville, Florida 
   
• Comprehensive museum design, 2006

The Ford Museum at Bethesda Academy, St. Simons Island, Georgia
    • Exhibit design and budgeting consultant, 2013

Fort Clinch State Park, Nassau County, Florida 
    • Comprehensive plan for new interpretive exhibits and theater, 2000


Fort Mose Historical Society, St. Augustine, Florida 
    • Concept development of museum/ living history programing, 2001


Harrington Afro-American Neighborhood Park, St. Simons Island Land Trust, St. Simons, Georgia
    • Interpretive planning for wayside exhibits and the documentation of

       historic  schoolhouse, 2009

Historic Jekyll Island Club, Jekyll Island, Georgia 
    • Presentation renderings for $6 million expansion of facilities, 1998


Historic St. Augustine Preservation Board, St. Augustine, Florida 
    • Design and production of Presidio Commission wayside exhibits 
    • Research and presentation Shrimping Industry in St. Augustine


Historic St. Francis Barracks/Florida Dept. of Military Affairs Headquarters, St. Augustine, Florida 
    • Contract Historian and museum curation, 1997-2005
    • Design development, grant writing and fundraising for proposed new 

       Museum of Florida’s Military 
    • Design & production of interpretive wayside signs for historic 
      buildings 


JEA Waterworks Park and Museum, Jacksonville, Florida
    • Conceptual design of 1914 pumping station, 2000-2001


Jekyll Island Museum, Jekyll Island, Georgia
    • Design and production of A Memory Trail: Survivors of the Wanderer
        
Slave Ship, 2017-'18

    • Design Review committee, Mosaic Museum Project, 2017

J.P. Small Ballpark, Jacksonville Florida 
    • Design and production of museum commemorating the Negro
       Baseball League in Jacksonville, 2006


Jonathan Dickinson State Park, Hobe Sound, Florida 
    • Comprehensive plan and design for new 3000+ sq. ft. Environmental 

       Education Center, 2008

Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area, US Bureau 
       of Land Management, Jupiter, Florida
    • Comprehensive design of all interpretive wayside exhibit media, 2010
    • Only Outstanding Natural Area on the US east coast


Koreshan State Historic Site, Estero, Florida 
    • Concept development of museum/ living history programming, 2003

Maclay Gardens
    • Concept planning for visitor center and historic house, 2003


Mala Compra Archeological Site, Palm Coast, Florida 
    • Site planning and research, design & production of wayside exhibits 

      2001-2002

The Maritime Center St. Simon's Island Historic Coast Guard Station,
           St. Simons, Georgia
    • Research, design & production of 2,500 sq. ft. permanent exhibit,
      2005


Matheson Museum, Gainesville, Florida 
    • Design of interior fixtures and permanent exhibits, 1999


Museum of Science and History, Jacksonville, Florida 
    • Comprehensive collections assessment consultation, 1996


National Archives, Washington, DC
    • Senior Designer/ Project Manager, 1988-1999
    • Designed and procured environmental graphics for all public areas


National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC
    • Fabrication and installation of Crossroads of Continents, 1987


New World Historic Park, Roanoke Island, North Carolina 
    • Schematic design for proposed exhibition hall, 1997


North Carolina Aquarium at Roanoke Island, North Carolina
    • Exhibit Cooordinator 1976-'78


Olustee Battlefield Historic Site and Museum (in association with US Forest Service), Olustee, Florida
    • Comprehensive interpretive planning, 2001


Orman House, Apalachicola, Florida 
    • Concept development of historic house/ living history programming. 

       Design/ production of house and wayside exhibits, 2004

Paynes Prairie State Park, Alachua County, Florida 
    • Comprehensive concept design, 2004


Pena-Peck Historic House, Woman's Exchange of St. Augustine, Florida 
    • Research, design & production of exhibits, 2012


St. Augustine Alligator Farm and Zoological Park, St. Augustine, Florida 
    • Design and working model for Baby Alligators (reproduction) exhibit

       and new zoo entry, 1998 
    • Design for proposed EcoTheater stage sets, Gomek exhibit, new
       reptile
house, interactive petting zoo/children discovery area, 1997

St. Augustine Historical Society, St. Augustine, Florida 
    • Research, design and production of exhibit Five Centuries of Our
​      Coast: A Visual History of the Nation's Oldest City and its Shores,
 2012
    • Research, design and production of exhibit A Home For Over 400
      Years: González-Alvarez House (Oldest House), 1997
    • Awarded Florida Trust For Historic Preservation for Outstanding 

       Achievement, 1998
    • Redesign and fabrication of permanent exhibition History of 

       St. Augustine, 1996

St. Augustine Lighthouse and Museum, St. Augustine, Florida 
    • Comprehensive collections assessment consultation, 2000
    • Conceptual design program for $.9 million Children’s Discovery
      Voyage,
interactive maritime habitat. Intensive educational, historic 
      and context research. In association with Prosser, Hallock Inc., 
       planners and landscape architects, 1997 
    • Design & production of orientation exhibits, 2000
    • Design & production of “The Coast Guard in St. Augustine” exhibit,
       2002 
    • Design & production of “Beans and Bullets for St. Augustine”, 2004
    • Awarded Outstanding Design, 1998 Florida Planning & Zoning

      Association, Private Design/ Small Scale; Merit Award, Florida
      Chapter/ The American Society of Landscape Architects

St. Augustine/St. Johns County Visitor Information Center, 
     St. Augustine, Florida 
    • Concept plan for welcome center, shop and theater, 2009


Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
    • Designer and Production Specialist, SITES, 1987-1989
    • King Herod's Dream: Caerarea by the Sea; Crossroads of Continents 

                (USA/ USSR) 
    • Program coordinator & designer, Festival of American Folklife 
                1987, 1988,1989


Tomoka State Park, Ormond Beach, Florida 
    • Comprehensive museum design, 2000 
    • Design and production of orientation film and theater
    • Environmental graphic design


US District Courts, Middle District of Florida
    • Interpretive planning, design and exhibit production provider, 

      2007-2011
    • Orlando, Tampa, Ocala, Ft. Myers and Jacksonville, Florida. $.5 million

      budget. 

USS John F. Kennedy, Mayport, Florida 
    • Research, design and production of onboard exhibit LT John F. 

      Kennedy USNR, 1997 
    • Interior design of furnishings and amenities in Officer’s Wardroom


Washington Oaks Gardens State Park, Palm Coast, Florida 
    • Research, design & production of visitor center exhibits, 2001


Whetstone Chocolate, Inc., St. Augustine, Florida
    • Design and production of renovated factory tour The History of

      Chocolate: Aztec Mysticism to the Candy Bar including interpretive 
      graphics
and interactives, 1997

Ximenez-Fatio House, St. Augustine, Florida 
    • Design & production of visitor center exhibition, 2003
    • Awarded Florida Trust For Historic Preservation for Outstanding 

                Achievement, 2004





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Charting the Chesapeake 1590-1990; Calvert Marine Museum, Maryland Hall of Records
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Wanderer Memory Trail, Jekyll Island, GA,  2018

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Maritime Center, St. Simons Island, Georgia
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Dudley Farm Settlement Visitor Center
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Florida Conservation Corps Museum
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JEA Waterworks Park & Museum
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J.P. Small Historic Ballpark
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Crossroads of Continents, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
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Young staff at the St. Augustine Lighthouse and Museum
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