This article was originally published in the Latrobe Bulletin. Ravenswood Studio is providing exhibit fabrication services for this exhibit in partnership with Luci Creative (Exhibit Designer), RLMG (Media Producer), and Electrosonic (AV Intergrator). On Thursday, Nov. 17, Carnegie Science Center will unveil to members of the news media Mars: The Next Giant Leap, the most …
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Carnegie Science Center’s newest exhibition will help visitors envision life on Mars and understand how the journey there will go through western Pennsylvania. This article was originally published on CarnegieMuseums.org by Jennifer Davis. Ravenswood Studio is the proud fabrication partner for this exhibit in partnership with designer Luci Creative, Media Developer RLMG, and AV Integrator …
Moonshot Museum will be Pennsylvania’s first space museum and the first museum on the planet to focus on career readiness for the contemporary space industry. Moonshot Museum announced it will open to the public on Saturday, October 15, 2022, debuting Pennsylvania’s first space museum and the first museum in the world to focus on career …
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With three recent grants totaling $6.5 million in hand, the museum plans to start the conversion of a 1938 public housing building on Taylor Street. This article was originally published in Chicago Crain’s Business Journal by Dennis Rodkin. With three recent grants totaling $6.5 million, the National Public Housing Museum is ready to begin the …
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Consider your own big questions about death as you explore natural and cultural responses to life’s inevitable conclusion. This post is originally from the Field Museum’s blog. Challenge what you think you know about death. In Death: Life’s Greatest Mystery, explore cultural and biological perspectives that hold possible answers to some of life’s biggest questions. …
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This article and video were originally posted on NEXT Pittsburgh. We get a tour of the soon-to-open Moonshot Museum on this installment of Yinzer Backstage Pass. Pittsburgh’s space robotics company Astrobotic is housing the museum inside its Manchester headquarters. Sam Moore, the museum’s executive director, gives Boaz a sneak peek at the exhibits under construction and shows off one of …
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The American Alliance of Museums is back in person, and we couldn’t be more excited to be attending. Schedule a time to meet with Mark Ewing and Justin Hensley to learn about Ravenswood Studio’s exciting projects, and to chat about yours. COME TO A SESSION Mark Ewing will be a panelist on “Traveling Exhibitions: Project Planning When Your Crystal Ball is …
Ravenswood Studio is excited to be attending the Association of Children’s Museums’ (ACM) InterActivity May 16-18. Look for us on the Expo Floor where we will be premiering the Freeman Foundation Asian Culture Exhibit Series, a project we are fabricating in partnership with ACM and Blue Rhino Design. Mary Kegel and Matthew Russell will be showing off prototypes …
The Children’s Discovery Museum (CDM) won an Illinois Association of Museums (IAM) Award of Excellence for its new “Healthy Me” exhibit. IAM announced the honor Thursday, March 10 during its annual awards ceremony, held virtually over Zoom. Museum Executive Director Beth Whisman says the award is “a great honor and triumph” for museum staff, local …
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With two all-new retail stores, a greatly enhanced Experience Gallery and a soon-to-be-completed year-round event building, the H-D Museum aims to solidify Milwaukee’s rep as the motorcycle mecca. Harley Davidson told you they were going to rev it up in 2022. With travel and tourism set to come roaring back, the Harley-Davidson Museum is announcing plans to …
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This article was originally published in the Chicago Sun Times by Madeline Kenney A St. Francis de Sales High School teacher on Tuesday encouraged her students to gather around a big glass box displaying a more than 100 million-year-old fossil near the entrance of a new exhibit at the Field Museum. She asked if they …
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Congratulations to Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture and the Chicago Architecture Center for winning the 2022 AIA Interior Architecture Award! Ravenswood Studio is proud to be the fabrication partner for several of the exhibits at the Chicago Architecture Center including Building Tall, Housing for A Changing Nation, and Chicago: City of Big Data. You …
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This article was originally published on the Association of Midwest Museums Blog. We’ve been curious about the impact of the pandemic on various aspects of museum work – particularly exhibition planning and production – and have reached out to our colleagues within the AMM network to get their “boots on the ground” perspective. This article …
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This year’s Association of Midwest Museums (AMM) Best Practices Award recipient is the Ford House! The historic estate of Edsel and Eleanor Ford opened its first major expansion in over 90 years to the public May 26, 2021 — a 40,000 square-foot Visitor Center and 17,000 square-foot Administration Building. The state-of-the-art project added event spaces and exhibition …
This article was originally published in Broadway World Chicago by Alexa Criscitiello. From Starry Nights to Yellow Houses, the Instagrammable experience returns for a limited time to enchant and inspire at an all-new location on the Mag Mile. Step into the 19th-century genius of Vincent van Gogh’s incredible works this Summer as the exhibit that …
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This article was originally published on Channel 4 News by Alysia Gray Painter. Many of the talented teams overseeing our local museums spent a good deal of time during the pandemic’s closures to rethink, well, just about everything to do with the institutions they so handily helm. And at the California Science Center? That thorough …
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This article was originally published on the Art Institute of Chicago’s website by Elizabeth McGoey. Dazzling to behold and impressive in its scale, the Hartwell Memorial Window—on view beginning May 27—is among the most complex stained glass landscapes produced in America. Soaring 25 feet high, the sublime scene captures Mount Chocorua, one of New England’s most …
This article was originally published in the Chicago Sun-Times by Kyle MacMillan The Art Institute of Chicago already owned some major creations by the Tiffany Studios, but its holdings took a giant leap forward in 2018, when it acquired a dazzling 26-by-18-foot church window depicting Mount Chocorua in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. The …
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This article was originally published in The Detroit News by Maureen Feighan Step inside the new visitor center at Ford House, the home and estate of Henry Ford’s only child, Edsel, wife Eleanor and their four kids, and you won’t just learn about the prominent family’s story. You’ll see it. The gorgeous 40,000-square-foot center, designed to look like …
This article was originally published in Fintech Zoom by Judy Simms. As part of a plan developed in 2012 to restore, reconstruct and rehabilitate the historic Edsel & Eleanor Ford House, the long-awaited public opening of the estate’s new visitor center and administration building is just around the corner. Construction is complete; landscaping and signage …
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