The Experiential Design Index

National Museum of Industrial History Core Exhibits — National Museum of Industrial History

The National Museum of Industrial History, a Smithsonian affiliate housed in a converted 100-year-old former Bethlehem Steel facility in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, opened August 2016; Metcalfe Architecture & Design designed the exhibits (with interpretive planning by Drexel University's Center for Cultural Partnerships) and Art Guild fabricated and installed them, on a nine-month compressed timeline.

VenueNational Museum of Industrial History
Project typeMajor Renovation
StatusCompleted
Year completed2016

Credits

FirmRoleNote
Metcalfe Architecture & Design Exhibit Design
Art Guild, Inc. Fabrication

Description

The 13,000-square-foot exhibit program tells the story of American industrial history and innovation through the 19th and 20th centuries, including steel, silk, and propane manufacturing, set within one of the largest former Bethlehem Steel brownfield buildings.

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