Miwuk Cultural Center and Museum
The Miwuk Cultural Center & Museum strengthens community through education, cultural engagement, and connection to tradition. APA designed a museum to care for and showcase MACT’s exquisite collection of baskets and other objects created by Native artists from throughout the region.
Central Arizona Project Water Education Center
Arizona Science Center hosts exhibits exploring physics, sustainability, digital communications, the human body, the forces of nature, and more. APA worked with the Center’s staff and stakeholders to envision and develop its new centerpiece: The Water Gallery will immerse visitors in Arizona’s unique water story through indoor and outdoor experiences.
Boundary Dam
The Boundary Hydroelectric Project is a remote dam and reservoir that provides electricity to Seattle, and recreational opportunities and facilities for visitors. APA worked closely with Seattle City Light to tell a cohesive indoor and outdoor story that celebrates its feats of engineering, renewable energy production, and natural resources.
Tilden Environmental Education Center
The Tilden Environmental Education Center is the interpretive centerpiece of the 740-acre Tilden Nature Area—an ecological preserve in the San Francisco Bay Area. To foster the next generation of environmentalists, APA worked closely with the Center’s staff to envision an engaging and accessible experience for the new center.
Jefferson Museum of Art and History
The Jefferson County Historical Society (JCHS) is rethinking common assumptions of what art and history exhibition spaces at a community museum can be. Instead of a permanent history exhibit, the Jefferson Museum of Art & History will curate integrated art and history exhibits throughout the museum, all focussed on an interpretive topic that changes yearly. […]
Boulder City Railroad Museum
The new Boulder City Railroad Museum traces the impact of railroads on the landscape and local communities of southern Nevada. APA designed vivid, historically-inspired graphics and exhibits exploring evolving rail technologies to take visitors on a journey through time—before they ride a real historic train through the Mojave Desert.
Mi’kmawey Debert Cultural Centre
Located on land where Mi’kmaw people have thrived for over 11,000 years, the Mi’kmawey Debert Cultural Centre (MDCC) will be a new Indigenous landmark in Canada. APA is working closely with MDCC to transform many years of planning and hard work into a living, breathing cultural hub.
Washington State History Museum – This is Native Land
Washington State History Museum’s Great Hall, located on the traditional homeland of the Puyallup people, will become a space dedicated to Native voices and perspectives. APA is working with the Museum to fully re-design the exhibit space. The facilitated design process relies on Indigenous expertise and prioritizes time for listening and learning.
Valley of Fire Visitor Center
With a dramatic landscape of towering sandstone boulders, Valley of Fire State Park welcomes hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. APA is designing interactive and immersive experiences for the upcoming visitor center that showcase the incredible geologic changes, while reminding visitors of the fragility of the desert ecosystem.
Chinese Canadian Museum
The Chinese Canadian Museum explores Chinese Canadians’ invaluable contributions and unjust suffering in their new homeland. 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.