The Experiential Design Index

Signage at PEM — Peabody Essex Museum

Signage at PEM, a directional, digital, and donor recognition signage program spanning the Peabody Essex Museum's architecturally varied buildings in Salem, Massachusetts, was designed by C&G Partners to accompany the museum's 40,000-square-foot Ennead Architects-designed expansion, which opened September 28, 2019.

VenuePeabody Essex Museum
Project typeMajor Renovation
StatusCompleted
Year completed2019
Technologiesdigital wayfinding kiosks, cut steel letterforms

Credits

FirmRoleNote
C&G Partners Environmental Graphics & Wayfinding
Ennead Architects Architecture Designed the 40,000 sq ft expansion wing

Description

Digital kiosks built to resemble shipbuilding batten-seam paneling provide wayfinding and event updates, while cut steel letterforms carry wayfinding and donor recognition messaging throughout the connected historic and new structures, drawing on the museum's maritime heritage.

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