Museum Services

SandorMax provides complete museum exhibit design services – from concept through installation. Let us apply our skills, creativity, and passion to your next exhibit, as we have done for award-winning exhibits we have designed in the past.

Strategy and Planning

Let us help you develop, brainstorm and plan your next museum exhibit. From concept through exhibit design, and right through to installation, let us work with you to create your next award-winning exhibit.

Planning
Project Management
Budget Development
Scheduling
Traffic Flow and Navigation
Interior Design of Exhibit Space

Branding

We will work with you to develop memorable branding that will convey the essence of your exhibit’s mission, create a powerful, consistent exhibit design, and provide an effective platform to inspire visits.

Exhibit Naming
Logo Design
Brand Identity
Brand Guidelines
Color Palette Development
Signage

Exhibit Design

SandorMax can help with every aspect of exhibit design, from artifact selection through final design layouts.

Exhibit Design
Concept Development
Illustrations
Murals
3D Mockups & Visualization

Exhibit Content

Let us be your partner to strategize and plan artifacts and exhibit content that will ensure a successful exhibit. We will develop compelling storytelling for your exhibit with creativity and inspiration that will delight audiences.

Content Strategy
Artifact Inventory
Copywriting
Storytelling
Video Scripts
Digital Content

Digital Exhibits

SandorMax provides full-service digital exhibit design through development and installation. From kiosk exhibits to audio and video, we can assist with every aspect of your digital exhibit.

Digital Exhibits
Websites
Technology Planning
Hardware & Software
Kiosk Setup
Technology Integration
Video Production
Audio Tours

Exhibit Installation

Right through to the end, SandorMax will ensure the best outcome for your museum exhibit with full-service installation services.

Materials Research & Sourcing
Installation Planning
Vendor Management
Printing
Construction
Artifact Installation

Exhibit Promotion

As a full-service marketing and creative agency, let us apply our capabilities to effectively promote your museum and exhibits.

Social Media
Websites
Direct Mail
e-blasts
Exhibit Catalogs
Advertising

Awards & Testimonials

American Association for State and Local History: 2020 Award of Excellence

“The AASLH Leadership in History Awards is the nation’s most prestigious competition for recognition of achievement in state and local history. The awards program encourages standards of excellence in the collection, preservation, and interpretation of state and local history throughout the United States, and the winners represent the best in the field. By publicly recognizing superior and innovative achievements, the Leadership in History Award winners serve as models and inspiration for others in the field.”

Connecticut League of History Organizations: 2020 Award of Merit

“We are impressed with the Gunn Museum’s well-developed research process and involvement of the community in formulating the exhibition’s content. The result was a thoughtful, comprehensive history of the town of Washington that connected this one place with the larger American story in meaningful ways.”

Graphic Design USA: 2019 American Graphic Design Award

“Graphic Design USA (GDUSA) is a leading organization for the design industry whose mission is to identify and showcase best practices and exemplary design in all forms. GDUSA highlights organizations who have demonstrated design excellence on a national level. Of the 10,000 entries submitted in 2019, a highly selective 10% were chosen as a winner. The Gunn Historical Museum’s exhibit Washington Connecticut – An American Story, created by design agency SandorMax, was awarded the 2019 GDUSA Design Award for Exhibit Design excellence.”

IN THE PRESS

Run don’t walk to see the new exhibit, Washington Connecticut – An American Story at the Gunn Historical Museum. This is the first project to cross the finish line to completion in the Good to Great state grant program – and it simply nailed it. Object rich, thoughtfully thematic – a feast for the mind and eye and a stellar demonstration of why local history is living history. This is the kind of performance that museums 10 times the size struggle to pull off.

– William Hosley, Museum consultant, former Executive Director New Haven Museum and Connecticut Landmarks

 

Litchfield Magazine: Washington’s Magical History Tour

Small-town historical museums all too often conjure up memories of bored, rainy-day childhood visits to creaky airless rooms invariably cluttered with dusty vitrines, blurry daguerreotypes of grim-faced worthies, moldy documents, the reek of camphor, and at least one antique spinning wheel. The Gunn Historical Museum in Washington shatters that stereotype. The Gunn has put together Washington, Connecticut—An American Story, a beautiful and rich award-winning multimedia exhibit that traces the history of the town back thousands of years through to the present day. For the curious visitors or local enthusiasts, a few hours exploring this fascinating microcosm of the American experience will be time well spent.

What Our Clients Are Saying

“Town economic development is a challenge in Connecticut. Community branding and marketing is even more challenging. Washington is in the middle of both, and SandorMax has demonstrated real capabilities in support of our efforts. They listen and learn, effectively engage the community in the planning and implement with the most current social media capabilities.

For communities seeking to advance their economic and social well-being with enhanced “story telling” for both internal and external audiences, SandorMax is a communications agency that should be seriously considered.”

Dan Sherr

Washington CT Economic Development

“Our experience with SandorMax exceeds expectations. Our project involved multiple organizations and stakeholders. The SandorMax team invested a great deal upfront to understand not only the scope and detail of our project but the values, vision and priorities of all involved. The project stayed on track and the outcome is a website we love.”

Sherry Ostrout

Director, Government Initiatives
Connecticut Community Care

“The board was VERY pleased with the Danbury Seniors website, the expertise and professionalism you have provided to the team. SandorMax was definitely the right choice for this project, and we will always give you glowing recommendations!”

June Renzulli

Program Officer
The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation

“SandorMax made a big contribution to the early development of the Andrew Goodman Foundation, especially our logo – which remains a mainstay of our visual identity. It continues to grow the programs and the vision that will honor and leverage Andy’s legacy.”

Sylvia Golbin-Goldman

Executive Director
Andrew Goodman Foundation

“We couldn’t be happier with our choice of SandorMax for the branding and development of our community website. The project required the expertise to manage and design a comprehensive and interactive website, prepare content, integrate a third party vendor’s back end system and the development of a complex member and business directory. Our high expectations were exceeded, on time and on budget. I was very impressed with the quality of work, level of service and meticulous attention to detail. I’ve worked with hundreds of consulting firms over the years and I’ve never had such a positive experience. We could not have picked a better team of professionals to represent us.”

Janice Chrzescijanek

Director of Economic Development
Town of Bethel, Connecticut

“Our communications team at NORD has worked with SandorMax since 2009. They bring their finest effort to every project. Their work is creative, on time and within budget. Even more important is the fact that they have taken the time to get to know our organization and the environment in which we work. They are our advisers and trusted guides as we seek to convey, in an increasingly crowded landscape, what is unique and wonderful about NORD.”

Mary Dunkle

Vice President of Marketing Communications & Educational Initiatives
National Organization for Rare Disorders

“SandorMax has proven to be a trusted advisor that can be counted on every step of the way. They embrace each project with enthusiasm and a true passion for helping their clients achieve their goals.”

Kim Bragoli

Director of Marketing
Ability Beyond

“SandorMax gave us a quality, high functioning web site ahead of schedule and under budget. In addition, they provided a creative direction that we have since integrated into our branding. My colleagues stated that they listened carefully, responded promptly and produced quickly. They were flexible to our changes in our direction but firm in their commitments to schedule and deliverables. I recommend SandorMax for creative, branding and web consulting and services.”

Eric Grinstead

SVP Global Commercial Operations
Synageva BioPharma

“We at SPHERE would like to offer our heartfelt thanks to the wonderful team at SandorMax for their hard work in redesigning and launching our new website. They put their hearts into their work— going far above and beyond by getting to know our members and volunteers, and helping us to tell our story and our mission.”

Lori Berisford

Chairman of the Board
SPHERE

“SandorMax brought options to our group to consider and provided solutions that met our goals and our budget. The SandorMax team was creative, knowledgeable and completed our project on time as they promised. We will continue to work with SandorMax and appreciate their talent and flexibility.”

Elizabeth Stocker

Director
Newtown Economic Development Commission

“When our Destination Ridgefield team was ready to develop a virtual tourism website to showcase our town, we chose SandorMax. The website has been enormously successful, achieving our goal to promote Ridgefield as a destination for visitors, residents, and businesses. They designed a beautiful and dynamic site that’s so easy to navigate, we get lots of repeat visitors with several pages per visit. Most importantly, they are wonderful strategic partners that add tremendous marketing perspective for our Destination initiative. SandorMax doesn’t just do what is expected – they do much more and act as a true partner.”

Nancy O’Connell

Former Chair
Ridgefield Chamber of Commerce