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Split Rock Studios

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Great River Children's Museum (St. Cloud, MN) opened June 2025; Waḳaŋ Ṭípi Center (Saint Paul, MN) opened May 2026; Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library (Medora, ND) opened July 2026; International Dark Sky Discovery Center (Fountain Hills, AZ) in progress, expected 2026; two exhibits (Ancient Seas at Indiana State Museum, Tekαkαpimək Contact Station) recognized at the National Association for Interpretation's 2025 Interpretive Media Awards. (verified 2026-07-18)

Split Rock Studios is a Minneapolis, Minnesota-based, 100% employee-owned exhibit design and fabrication studio founded in 2000 (via the acquisition of Deaton Museum Services, tracing the firm's roots to 1959), producing exhibit design, wood and metal fabrication, graphic design, and interactive media for museums, nature centers, and visitor centers nationwide.

HeadquartersMinneapolis, MN
Founded2000
RolesExhibit Design, Fabrication
Websitehttps://splitrockstudios.com

Projects (22)

ProjectVenueRoleYear
Main Exhibit Hall Renovation Cabrillo Marine Aquarium Exhibit Design 2026
Immersion Zone International Dark Sky Discovery Center Exhibit Design, Fabrication 2026 (in progress)
Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Exhibition Experience Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum Fabrication 2026
Waḳaŋ Ṭípi Center Waḳaŋ Ṭípi Center Fabrication 2026
Bering Land Bridge Heritage Center Bering Land Bridge Heritage Center Fabrication 2025
Great River Children's Museum Great River Children's Museum Exhibit Design, Fabrication 2025
The Saga Center Norway House Exhibit Design, Fabrication 2025
You Are Here The History Museum at the Castle Exhibit Design 2024
Ancient Seas Indiana State Museum Exhibit Design 2024
Tekαkαpimək Contact Station Tekαkαpimək Contact Station Fabrication 2024
Curiosity Farms Thanksgiving Point Fabrication 2024
Nya'waap Illyuw Uuchyuwp — Our Way of Knowing Barona Cultural Center & Museum Exhibit Design 2022
Philipse Manor Hall: Our Whole History Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site Fabrication 2022
From the Woods to the World Washington County Heritage Center Exhibit Design 2021
Conservation Action Center Zoo Miami Exhibit Design, Fabrication 2021
Ozark Highlands Nature Center Exhibits J.B. and Johnelle Hunt Family Ozark Highlands Nature Center Exhibit Design, Fabrication 2020
Exhibits Prairie Woods Nature Center Exhibit Design 2020
Westwood Hills Nature Center Westwood Hills Nature Center Exhibit Design 2020
City of Baseball Museum CHS Field Exhibit Design, Fabrication 2019
Discover Wolves! International Wolf Center Exhibit Design, Fabrication 2019
People of the Waters Oshkosh Public Museum Exhibit Design, Fabrication 2017
Tallgrass Prairie: Tides of Time Flint Hills Discovery Center Fabrication 2012

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