The Experiential Design Index

Top 10 Firms for Art Museum Projects

Ranked by recency-weighted eligible project count at art museum venues, 2021–2026. The 10 highest-scoring firms hold a numbered rank; 25 more firms with eligible activity are listed below the table.

Counts design-discipline credits only -- exhibit design, interpretive planning, media design, architecture, master planning, landscape architecture, environmental graphics, lighting design -- held in a role the firm offers as a standalone service. Fabrication, AV integration, and consulting credits appear on project pages but don't place a firm on this list. Standard recency weighting and sourcing bonus apply.

Counts reflect the work this index has recorded, not a census of any firm's total output — coverage depth varies by firm — and a position here implies no judgment of design quality.

RankScore FirmHQEligible projects
14.7 Bluecadet Philadelphia, PA Princeton University Art Museum (2025), John Waters AR (2024), Lobby Digital Signage (2024), 81st Street Studio (2023), Chroma AR: Ancient Sculpture in Color (2022), Flow (2022)
24.0 Stephen Saitas Designs New York, NY Renovation and Enhancement Project (2025), The Creation and the Expulsion from Paradise Display (2022), Silver Vault Gallery (2022), Martin Building Renovation and Gallery Reinstallation (2021), Frick Madison (2021), Titian: Women, Myth & Power (2021)
33.9 Isometric Studio Brooklyn, NY Joan Semmel: In the Flesh (2025), Trenton Doyle Hancock: Deep in the Heart of Uncanny Valley (Draw Them In, Paint Them Out) (2024), Ethiopia at the Crossroads (2024), Death Is Not the End (2023), re: collections, Six Decades at the Rose Art Museum (2021)
43.5 Pentagram New York, NY Dataland (2026), Giorgia Lupi — Data Humanism (2026), Museo Casa Kahlo (2023), Core Project Wayfinding and Signage (2021)
53.2 Anita Jorgensen Lighting Design New York, NY Renovation and Enhancement Project (2025), The Creation and the Expulsion from Paradise Display (2022), Silver Vault Gallery (2022), Frick Madison (2021), Titian: Women, Myth & Power (2021)
62.8 Sitara Systems Las Vegas, NV ArtLens Reimagined (2026), New Humans: Memories of the Future (2026), In Love With The World (2021)
72.8 Ideum Corrales, NM Appearances Deceive: Embroideries by Policarpio Valencia — Digital Interactive (2025), Gustave Baumann: The Artist's Environment — Marionette Vignettes (2025), Japanese Buddhist Temple Room Digital Interactive (2024)
82.8 RLMG Watertown, MA Arts and Armor Gallery (2025), Hollywoodland: Jewish Founders and the Making of a Movie Capital (2023), Indigenous Peoples Gallery (2022), Expressions of Life: Native Art in North America (2022)
92.6 Arup New York, NY Michael C. Rockefeller Wing (2025), Naala Badu (Sydney Modern Project) (2022), Hong Kong Palace Museum (2022), M+ (2021)
102.6 Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners New York, NY Renovation and Enhancement Project (2025), Michael C. Rockefeller Wing (2025), Rubell Museum DC (2022)

Also active in this category

Firms with eligible activity in the window that fall outside the ranked table — fewer than 2 eligible projects, or a score below the top 10. Listed alphabetically, not ranked.

FirmHQEligible projects
2x4 New York, NY Princeton University Art Museum (2025)
Available Light Boston, MA Academy Museum of Motion Pictures (2021)
Cooper Robertson New York, NY Princeton University Art Museum (2025)
Design I/O Petaluma, CA ArtLens Reimagined (2026)
Fisher Marantz Stone New York, NY New Museum Building (2025), Academy Museum of Motion Pictures (2021)
Foster + Partners New York, NY Datong Art Museum (2022)
Gehry Partners, LLP Los Angeles, CA Core Project Wayfinding and Signage (2021)
L'Observatoire International New York, NY Fondation Cartier — New Building (2025), Renovation and Enhancement Project (2025)
Local Projects New York, NY Orientation & Children's Galleries (2024)
Moment Factory Montréal, QC Flowing Forces (2023)
Plus And Greater Than Portland, OR David Hockney: Works from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation (2026)
Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects Little Rock, AR Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (2023)
Proun Design Somerville, MA The Founders Room (2022), Indigenous Peoples Gallery (2022)
Pure+Applied New York, NY Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History (2025)
Ralph Appelbaum Associates New York, NY MoMI LAB (2026)
Rockwell Group New York, NY Museo Casa Kahlo (2023)
SCAPE New York, NY Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (2023)
SmithGroup Detroit, MI The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century (2023)
Snøhetta Brooklyn, NY Blanton Museum of Art Grounds Redesign (2024), Joslyn Art Museum Rhonda & Howard Hawks Pavilion (2024), Ordrupgaard Museum Extension & Landscape (Himmelhaven) (2021)
Span Studio Chicago, IL Intuit Art Museum Inaugural Exhibitions (2025), Intuit Art Museum Signage & Wayfinding (2025)
Studio Gang Chicago, IL Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (2023)
Studio Joseph New York, NY Princeton University Art Museum (2025)
The Urban Conga Brooklyn, NY pARC (2022)
Tillotson Design Associates New York, NY Princeton University Art Museum (2025)
WHY Architecture New York, NY Michael C. Rockefeller Wing (2025), Academy Museum of Motion Pictures (2021)