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.
| Rank | Score | Firm | HQ | Eligible projects |
| 1 | 4.7 | 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) |
| 2 | 4.0 | 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) |
| 3 | 3.9 | 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) |
| 4 | 3.5 | Pentagram |
New York, NY |
Dataland (2026), Giorgia Lupi — Data Humanism (2026), Museo Casa Kahlo (2023), Core Project Wayfinding and Signage (2021) |
| 5 | 3.2 | 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) |
| 6 | 2.8 | Sitara Systems |
Las Vegas, NV |
ArtLens Reimagined (2026), New Humans: Memories of the Future (2026), In Love With The World (2021) |
| 7 | 2.8 | 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) |
| 8 | 2.8 | 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) |
| 9 | 2.6 | Arup |
New York, NY |
Michael C. Rockefeller Wing (2025), Naala Badu (Sydney Modern Project) (2022), Hong Kong Palace Museum (2022), M+ (2021) |
| 10 | 2.6 | 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.
| Firm | HQ | Eligible 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) |