New Projects

Fort Totten Interpretive Center

The Fort Totten State Historic Site preserves a military post built in 1867. It was used by the military until 1890 when it became a boarding school for Indian children. Taylor Studios is working with the State Historical Society of North Dakota to complete an exhibit master plan for the site. This plan will be used as a long-range planning document for the development of future exhibit components throughout Fort Totten’s 9.8 acre site and its 16 historic buildings. When the plan is complete, Taylor Studios will design, fabricate, and install an approximately 1,000 square foot orientation exhibit in the site’s commissary storehouse. The exhibit will be installed in spring 2011.

Fulton Mansion State Historic Site

The Fulton Mansion State Historic Site is located approximately 35 miles north of Corpus Christi, TX. The mansion was owned by George W. Fulton, founder of the Coleman-Fulton Pasture Company, and built in 1877. The state restored the mansion and opened it as a museum in the 1980s. Taylor Studios is currently designing an orientation exhibit and a museum store for a new visitor center near the mansion. Fabrication will follow with the installation taking place in summer 2011.

Holliday Park Nature Center

Holliday Park is a 13,000 square foot Nature Center that interprets the natural and environmental history of Marion County. The Center is located in Indianapolis, IN. Ten years ago, Taylor Studios designed and built the exhibits that are there now. Currently we are in the process of redesigning them for a fresh new engaging experience for Holliday Park’s visitors.

Rancho del Oso State Historic Park

The Rancho del Oso Nature and History Center overlooks the Theodore J. Hoover Nature Preserve just outside of Davenport, CA. Currently, exhibits are located in the former home of Hulda Hoover McLean. Through her vision, the valley is preserved while still allowing visitors the opportunity to enjoy the site’s natural history. Taylor Studios is working with the Rancho del Oso team to create new exhibits for the Nature and History Center as well as the ranger station visitor center. Exhibits will be installed in the summer of 2012.

Shikellamy State Park
Susquehanna River Research Center

Taylor Studios has been contracted to create an interpretive plan for the Susquehanna River Research Center. The Center will house the Susquehanna River Heartland Coalition for Environmental Studies, a consortium of seven universities and partner organizations, and will serve as a focal point for research, recreation, and regional tourism. The building that will house the Center was originally built as a restaurant along the banks of the Susquehanna River and is currently being redesigned and expanded. The plan will be completed in spring 2011.

William B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park

The William B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park in Tehama County, CA, reflects the hard work it took to maintain life away from California's urban centers in mid-19th century. Visitors touring the visitor center and ranch buildings are able to learn about the special skills and work activities of California pioneers. Taylor Studios has been contracted to design and fabricate exhibits for the visitor center that was built in 2006. The project will wrap-up in fall 2011.

Rend Lake Visitor Center

Taylor Studios, in conjunction with Innovative Technical Solutions, Inc. (ITSI) and Merrick & Company, is designing and fabricating exhibits for the new Rend Lake Visitor Center in Benton, IL. Exhibits will immerse visitors in the cultural and natural history of Southern Illinois. ITSI is the general contractor and Merrick & Company is the architect for the new building. The development is an Army Corps of Engineers project.

Logoly State Park

Taylor Studios has been contracted by Arkansas State Parks to design exhibits for the Logoly State Park Visitor Center near McNeil, AR. The 368-acre park is Arkansas’ first environmental education state park. Exhibits will showcase the natural history of the area and help visitors appreciate and explore the park’s unique mature and old growth forest. The design phase will be completed this year followed by the fabrication phase.

Jacksonport State Park

Arkansas State Parks hired Taylor Studios to design exhibits for the visitor center at Jacksonport State Park located near Newport, AR. Exhibits will highlight the history of this once booming Civil War town that was occupied by both Union and Confederate troops. The design phase will be completed this year followed by the fabrication phase.

Lewis & Clark Ft. Mandan Foundation —
North Dakota Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center

Taylor Studios will once again be working with the Lewis & Clark Ft. Mandan Foundation to design, build, and install exhibits at the ND Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center. The Foundation is in the process of expanding the space and has acquired a large collection of Lewis & Clark-era artifacts that will be displayed. Taylor Studios will work with the Foundation to design new exhibit areas and to incorporate current exhibits into other areas of the center.

Sinnemahoning State Park Visitor Center

The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has chosen Taylor Studios to write an interpretive plan then design, fabricate, and install exhibits for the new visitor center at Sinnemahoning State Park in Austin, PA. The building is currently under construction. When finished, an approximate 1,000 square-foot exhibit hall with be the nucleus of the center. The interpretive planning phase of the project begins in February 2010 with the entire project wrapping up in Fall 2011.

Turkey Run State Park

Taylor Studios was hired by the State of Indiana to create new exhibits at the Turkey Run State Park Nature Center. Using the interpretive plan that was written in 2008, the exhibits will interpret natural and cultural history that makes the park unique.

Killens Pond State Park Nature Center

Killens Pond State Park is located in Delaware. Taylor Studios will design, fabricate, and install a visitor experience focused on the herpetological diversity of the state. The exhibits will feature naturalistic habitats with live animals, graphics, and interactives. These exhibits will be centered in the 600 square foot Exhibit Room and will also expand into other areas of the center.

Nevada State Railroad Museum -
Jacobsen Interpretive Center

The Jacobsen Interpretive Center is a 10,500 square foot museum facility. Taylor Studios has been contracted to complete the final design, engineering, fabrication, and installation of permanent exhibits in the space. The new exhibits will interpret the impact the railroad had on the State of Nevada. The museum collections include locomotives, surveying equipment, tools, photographs, maps, and more.

Cleveland Metroparks West Creek Reservation

Taylor Studios has been hired to design exhibits for a 2,000 square foot space in the Stewardship Center at the West Creek Reservation. Through volunteer efforts, this property was and is being returned and preserved to its natural state. The Stewardship Center is designed to recognize the dedication that it took for the volunteers to clean up the site. It is also intended to inform and elicit further action from new volunteers as they see how the watershed affects their daily lives. This is a newly developed park making it Cleveland’s 16th Metropark Reservation.