Taylor Studios Inc. - Exhibit Design and Fabricaton

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. Currently we are in the process of redesigning them for a fresh new engaging experience for Holliday Park’s visitors.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.