Chinese Canadian Museum
APA worked with museum staff and stakeholders to develop exhibits for the inaugural Chinese Canadian Museum (CCM). Visitors engage with diverse Chinese Canadian voices, discovering a wide range of journey stories—from workers seeking a Gold Rush-fortune to recent immigrants finding a sense of belonging in a new country.
Prairie Gallery at <br />Manitoba Museum
The Manitoba Museum interprets the interrelationship of people and their environment across millions of years and the province’s vast landscape. APA worked with the Museum to bring the province’s iconic grasslands—and its stories—inside. In the Prairie Gallery, visitors are immersed in the stories of Indigenous Peoples and newcomers through artifacts and interactive experiences.
Cape Breton Miners Museum
The Cape Breton Miners Museum presents the region’s role in building the nation through its unique geology, mining and people. APA worked closely with Museum staff and specialty consultants to create a simulator that takes visitors deep underground to experience the demanding and dangerous work of mining in Cape Breton—under the Atlantic Ocean!
Winnipeg Gallery at <br />Manitoba Museum
For decades, the Manitoba Museum has been a landmark institution for exploring the province’s rich cultural and natural heritage. APA worked with the museum to create a new Winnipeg Gallery to chronicle this dynamic city. From an Indigenous homeland to a city of newcomers, visitors feel the city change over time through personal stories and […]
Ocean Gallery at <br />Discovery Centre
The Ocean Gallery at Discovery Centre Halifax engages kids with real science and inspires a deeper appreciation of our world. Whether touching a live sea star, investigating microplastics collected from local beaches, or virtually controlling the globe to see the effects of climate change, young visitors engage their curiosity about the world’s oceans in this […]
Chinatown Storytelling Centre
The Vancouver Chinatown Foundation tells the momentous story of Chinese immigrants to Canada at a new centre in the heart of Vancouver’s historic Chinatown. Exhibits focus on pivotal moments for Vancouver’s Chinese Canadian community, from completing the Canadian Pacific Railway to winning the right to vote. A lantern-like theatre offers space for community gatherings, lectures, […]
Surrey Biofuel Facility
The Surrey Biofuel Facility is a part of the City of Surrey’s closed-loop waste to the energy system, converting organic waste into renewable natural gas (RNG) through anaerobic digestion. APA worked with the City of Surrey to develop hands-on chemistry exhibits mechanical interactives and digital experiences that engage kids in the science behind each step […]
Nonsuch Gallery at <br />Manitoba Museum
The Nonsuch, a replica of the ship that launched the Hudson’s Bay Company, has long been a beloved icon of The Manitoba Museum. APA reimagined the Nonsuch Gallery, transporting visitors to a distant time and place while incorporating fresh perspectives and stories.
Wanuskewin Heritage Park
There is a story in the land at Wanuskewin Heritage Park, a story set among the most ancient human civilizations, a story of national importance and international significance. Its chapters are in the earth and in the words passed down through generations, living on today in the beliefs, customs and institutions of Saskatchewan’s First Nations.
Fort Walsh Visitor Centre
APA worked with Parks Canada and Indigenous stakeholders to delve deep into the history of the Cypress Hills region that surrounds the Fort Walsh Visitor Centre. Simple, effective digital interactives reveal cultural interconnections and give voice to many perspectives. Robust, physical interactives encourage families to get hands-on and engage with Canadian history for years to […]