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Explus, Inc.

Description

Explus, Inc. is a museum exhibit fabrication company based in Sterling, Virginia, providing custom casework, artifact mounting, scenic and thematic environment construction, interactive/electro-mechanical components, graphics, and AV installation coordination. It typically executes designs originated by separate exhibit-design and architecture firms rather than designing exhibits itself.

HeadquartersSterling, VA
Founded1979
RolesFabrication
Websitehttps://www.explusinc.com/

Projects (28)

ProjectVenueRoleYear
Spying Launched a Nation International Spy Museum Fabrication 2024
Lockkeeper's House Lockkeeper's House Fabrication 2018
Operation Finale: The Capture & Trial of Adolf Eichmann Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage Fabrication 2016
Leatherneck Gallery National Museum of the Marine Corps Fabrication 2016
Permian Basin Petroleum Museum Reopening Permian Basin Petroleum Museum Fabrication 2016
Schisler Museum of Wildlife & Natural History Schisler Museum of Wildlife & Natural History Fabrication 2016
Grubbs Environmental Center Grubbs Environmental Center Fabrication 2015
Campaigns of Courage The National WWII Museum Fabrication 2015
Seneca Art & Culture Center Exhibits Seneca Art & Culture Center at Ganondagan Fabrication 2015
Chasing Dreams: Baseball & Becoming American Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History Fabrication 2014
Gallery One Cleveland Museum of Art Fabrication 2013
Permanent Exhibit Renovation Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum Fabrication 2013
US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center The National WWII Museum Fabrication 2013
New Building National Museum of Health and Medicine Fabrication 2012
The Roots of American Music Blue Ridge Music Center Fabrication 2011
Full Renovation Children's Museum of Virginia Fabrication 2011
Making Scents: The Art and Passion of Fragrance Longwood Gardens Fabrication 2010
Living with Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond The Presbytère (Louisiana State Museum) Fabrication 2010
Early History Galleries National Museum of the Marine Corps Fabrication 2010
Telling New Mexico: Stories from Then and Now New Mexico History Museum Fabrication 2009
The Hershey Story The Hershey Story: The Museum on Chocolate Avenue Fabrication 2009
Visitor Center Gray Fossil Site & Museum Fabrication 2007
Capitol Park Museum Permanent Exhibits Capitol Park Museum Fabrication 2006
Chesty's Corner National Museum of the Marine Corps Fabrication 2006
National WWI Museum and Memorial Renovation and Expansion National WWI Museum and Memorial Fabrication 2006
Tom Ridge Environmental Center Core Exhibits Tom Ridge Environmental Center Fabrication 2006
2003 Expansion Galleries Peabody Essex Museum Fabrication 2003
Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center Fabrication 1998

Status

Active

A dated 2024 portfolio project (International Spy Museum, "Spying Launched a Nation") plus confirmed exhibitor status at the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums' Building Museums Symposium, March 2025; active ~52,000-sq-ft production facility per its own site. Founding year (1979) is repeated across several third-party business-data aggregators but not independently confirmed on a primary Explus source.
Verified 2026-07-19

Public contract records

Public contract, grant, and Form 990 records naming this firm, in the companion dataset The Exhibit Cost Record:

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