By now, you've probably heard about the 4-year-old who broke the 3,500-year-old jar at the Hecht Museum in Haifa. In a tribute to the healing power of museums, the museum invited the family back to learn how the museum will restore the artifact. https://lnkd.in/eQz9jwB6
Design and Production Incorporated
Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
Lorton, Virginia 3,147 followers
Celebrating 70 years in business in 2019.
About us
Design and Production Incorporated (D&P) provides exhibit project management, fabrication & installation, and media services to museums, educational institutions, visitor centers, and corporate centers. Our installations are found throughout the United States and around the world. Since its founding in 1949, D&P has distinguished itself as a "one-stop shop," capable of comprehensively meeting museum clients’ needs. We apply our extensive resources and skills to our clients’ goals and the project designer’s vision to create elegant, yet durable, results. D&P has a worldwide reputation for efficient management of large, complex, multi-discipline museum exhibition projects. This reputation derives from our tested project management system, extensive resources, specialization in the production of custom museum exhibits, and more than 65 years of experience in this challenging field. D&P’s project approach guarantees close and continuing coordination with the client, designer, architect, general contractor, building construction trades, in-house staff, and specialty subcontractors. D&P is a highly skilled organization with a professional and technical staff of more than 100 personnel. Housed in a modern, fully equipped, 147,900 square foot office and production facility, including 40,000 square feet of exhibit set-up and storage space, D&P is located in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Specialties: • Preconstruction products and services • Project management • Cost estimating and exhibit budgeting • Mock-ups and Prototypes • Exhibit production, engineering, and detailing • Exhibit fabrication and installation • Graphic design support and production • Media and lighting systems design, engineering, and integration • Interactive engineering and production • Artifact mounting
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- Industry
- Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Lorton, Virginia
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 1949
- Specialties
- Preconstruction services, Project management, Cost estimating, Exhibit production, engineering, & detailing, Graphic design support & production, Exhibit fabrication & installation, Artifact mounting, and Media and lighting systems design, engineering, & integration
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7110 Rainwater Place
Lorton, Virginia 22079, US
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We love our partners. The work is amazing.
"It's unbelievable that we would come over to any place for a prototype viewing and have almost zero comments!" 🤝 Thank you Debbie Schaffer, Senior Project Manager at Design and Production Incorporated, for your kind words on our collaboration and our National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution East End prototype showcases during our latest workshop week at the Meyvaert HQ in Ghent, Belgium. Click on the link below to see the result of our previous collaboration during phase 1 of this remarkable project: https://lnkd.in/eeDch4Vi #Testimonial #Prototypes #WorkshopWeek #Collaboration #DandP #DesignAndProduction #NationalAirAndSpaceMuseum #NASM #Smithsonian #Custom #TechnicalExpertise #FlawlessExecution #Meyvaert #Present #Preserve #Protect #Showcases
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The BBC asks the question, "Is it ever ethical for museums to display human remains?". In 2023 museums grappled with collections decisions--often more than a century old--to collect, study, and exhibit human remains. In the contemporary context, it applies not only to physical exhibits but also on-line, as seen by some museums' decisions to take down and reevaluate their entire digital presences. What policies and procedures should well-intentioned museums institute? https://lnkd.in/eXdiUXeQ
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Generational wealth is not flowing to museums and cultural institutions. The Art Newspaper reports that Gen-X, Millennials, and Gen-Z prioritize impact. Change matters more than status. Museums matter. Convincing next gen donors of that requires collaboration and creativity. https://lnkd.in/ekicvzdZ
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This is a fun read about museums joining Tik Tok. What do you think of hiring a Tik Toker in residence? https://lnkd.in/e2wB3C8C
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Museums fall victim to cyber attackers going after on-line collections. The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Rubin Museum of Art in New York, and the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art are among hundreds reporting their collection pages down and databases inaccessible. The New York Times reports cultural institutions are increasingly targeted by ransomware attackers. https://lnkd.in/g-MT_5Ar
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Baron's reports that fewer people donate to charities today than 20 years ago. On the upside, young people who would never put a paper check into an envelope do respond to digital appeals. The most important takeaway for non-profits? The trustworthiness of an organization is an important factor in a donor’s decision to give to a charitable organization https://lnkd.in/em-5z3Dr
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We are heading into "museum season," when out-of-town guests arrive and museum visits are the natural solution. Smithsonian magazine has an interesting article about the origins of collections and exhibits. Eighteenth-century collectors sought understanding through categorization. Today, museums exhibit to create personal connections. https://lnkd.in/g7U3aaDa
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On #givingtuesday, find out where your state ranks for generosity. Feeling competitive? One can always give more. https://lnkd.in/g4rwRfdn
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The American Association for State and Local History concluded its annual meeting last week in Boise, ID. The conference included a through line on planning exhibits and programs for the nation's 250th anniversary in 2025. AASLH has a planning resource page that deserves a look. https://lnkd.in/eX-zKdYT Many of our clients have started their projects. Have you begun yours?
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