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Mount Constitution Interpretive Center

Orcas Island, Washington

Welcoming visitors to the highest point in the San Juan Islands.

With a historic observation tower, miles of trails, and an amazing view, Mount Constitution is a popular Pacific Northwest destination. The summit offers an unparalleled view of the other San Juan Islands, the Cascade Mountains, and surrounding cities. It also connects visitors to networks of trails and recreational opportunities spread across the mountains and the rest of Moran State Park.
EDX designed exhibits and a retail store for a new visitor center at the top of the peak. Visitors discover the geology, ecology, and human history of the mountain in informative, fun, and accessible indoor and outdoor exhibits.

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Iain Nicolson Audubon Center

Kearney, NE

Experience the wonder of the Sandhill Crane migration.

Located on the Platte River near Kearney, Nebraska, Rowe Sanctuary preserves a piece of extraordinary riverine and grassland habitat, providing a home or resting place to a host of wildlife species. This short stretch of the sandy, braided Platte River is a vital stop on the annual Sandhill Crane migration, hosting over a million cranes on their way north each spring. The spectacle of the crane migration attracts approximately 30,000 visitors per year.
EDX designed accessible exhibits that enhance the visitor experience by offering interactive opportunities that appeal to different learning styles and ages. New exhibits communicate the importance of Rowe Sanctuary and its stewardship work, encourage and empower visitors to explore the outdoors, and foster an appreciation of natural environment.

 

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Mount St. Helens Visitor Center

Castle Rock, WA

The May 18, 1980 eruption is just one of the mountain’s recent evolutions.

Set on the shores of Silver Lake, Seaquest State Park offers more than 500 acres of forest and wetlands in the shadow of Mount St. Helens. The Park opened to the public in 1945 and serves as a gateway to Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument.
EDX designed new Visitor Center exhibits in collaboration with Washington State Parks and the Cowlitz Indian Tribe, one of the tribes Indigenous to the land surrounding Mount St. Helens. The updated exhibits feature fresh content that explores Mount St. Helen’s through the context of geography, geology, ecology, and human history. The new accessible exhibits feature interactive and tactile elements for visitors of all ages.

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Grove of Titans Interpretive Trail

Del Norte County, CA

Protecting the foundations of a delicate ecosystem.

Winner of a NAI 2023 Award.

Until recent years, the existence of the Grove of Titans was known to only a few. Once word of these colossal trees began to grow online, visitors began to blaze their own unofficial trails to try to find them, causing significant damage to the shallow roots and understory plants. A partnership between the Save the Redwoods League, Redwood National & State Parks, and the Redwood Conservancy set out to build an elevated trail to guide visitors and protect these majestic giants.
EDX lead the interpretive design effort for the project with an advisory group of the project partners and representatives of the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation, as the Grove sits on their ancestral lands. From the beginning of the project, the group prioritized the presence of the Tolowa throughout the interpretive design, which also highlights the ecological significance of the Redwood forest, the relationship to the salmon-bearing Mill Creek, and the history of the Grove itself.

 

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Beverly Bridge Interpretive Elements

Beverly, WA

Beverly Bridge is a strategic crossing of the Columbia River—connecting people with a vast river system.

Winner of a NAI 2024 Award

Beverly Bridge is an essential link in the Washington State Parks (WSP) Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail. The Beverly Railroad Bridge was part of the westward expansion of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad. The railroad connected Chicago to Tacoma. Beverly Bridge was completed in 1909.

WSP contracted with EDX to plan and design interpretive experiences along the bridge. Exhibit features integrate seamlessly with the historic structure and interpret the viewshed from the bridge. EDX utilized reading rails, vertical posts to interpret the natural and human history of the area.

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Everglades National Park Outdoor Exhibits

Everglades National Park, FL

Discover the diverse environments and stories of the Everglades.

Everglades National Park in southern Florida is a 1.5-million-acre wetland preserve. The park features a distinctive mix of temperate and tropical plant and animal life. Plentiful marshes and mangroves create a refuge for many endangered species, and its watery landscape provides stunning wildlife viewing opportunities via trail, airboat, or tram. Wayside panels throughout the park tell stories of the Everglades’ unique ecosystem, wildlife, human history, and natural resources. Topics ranging from willow trees and alligators to Cold War missiles are covered in these outdoor exhibits.

 

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Ocracoke Island Discovery Center

Buxton, NC

A remote barrier island with a unique ecosystem and a diverse human history.

Ocracoke Island’s remote location, its delicate ecosystem, and the ongoing effects of climate change make this barrier island a unique and challenging place to live.
Discovery Center exhibits interpret the island’s unique natural environment, its ongoing stewardship efforts, and its culture of resiliency. Exhibits also highlight the recreational opportunities on Ocracoke Island – swim, hike, camp, visit the ponies, watch the birds, or fly a kite – the fun starts as soon as you step off the ferry.

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Canyonlands Islands in the Sky

Moab, UT

The geological landscape visible from this mesa top reveals a surprising richness of life.

From Island in the Sky, visitors can look down to the canyons created by both rivers, see out to most of the rest of the park, and experience expansive vistas extending across plateaus and canyons. These views encompass many significant landmarks and landscapes of the Colorado Plateau region. 

As the main point of contact for the majority of visitors to the park, the new exhibits must provide substantial orientation and interpretation to both the Island in the Sky district and all of Canyonlands National Park. 

 

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Great Sand Dunes National Park Visitor Center

Mosca, CO

Exploring the unique plants, animals, and people who make a home among some of the world’s most impressive sand dunes.

Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve encompasses over 234 square miles of diverse landscapes and ecosystems. From the San Luis Valley at 7,500 feet to the 14,000-foot summits of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, the park encompasses grasslands, wetlands, conifer and aspen forests, alpine lakes, and tundra. New EDX-designed exhibits highlight the diversity of the park’s ecosystems and history through stunning dioramas, interactive tactile elements, and an immersive night-sky experience.

 

Sketch showing diorama island in center of exhibits
Sketch showing diorama island in center of exhibits
Sketch showing diorama island in center of exhibits with snow on ground
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Sketch of exhibits, with a vignette with tactile javelinas and a jeep and graphic panels. There is a map on the floor.
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Big Bend National Park Visitor Centers

Big Bend National Park, TX

Focusing on natural history and cultural stories throughout the park.

Exhibit design is currently underway for four sites in Big Bend National Park. Rio Grande Village Visitor Center is focused on the ecology of the river, highlighting the history of bi-national cooperation between the U.S. and Mexico. Magdalena House was named after Magdalena Silvas, a cook who lived there in the early 20th century. Exhibits will explore what life was like in this isolated area almost a century ago. Chisos Basin highlights the diversity of animals and habitats in the park. Persimmon Gap focuses on transportation in the remote areas of Big Bend National Park.

In 2007, EDX completed exhibits for the Panther Junction Visitor Center, interpreting the natural history of the mountains, river, and desert.

Sketch of exhibits, with a vignette with tactile javelinas and a jeep and graphic panels. There is a map on the floor.
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Trails and Waysides

Washington State

Helping visitors find and enjoy the scenery—and make lasting connections.

In exterior plazas and on trails, we understand the challenges of providing orientation, interpretation, and even entertainment for visitors in motion. We strive to complement the main attraction—from great ideas to beautiful views, geologic legacies to historic landscapes.

Ice Age Floods, Wenatchee
Red Brick Road Park, Bothell
Trail Tales Interpretive Program, Anacortes
Holmes Harbor is Home, Freeland

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Oregon Caves National Monument

Cave Junction, OR

Discovering a place of wonder, exploration, and adventure.

Nestled into Oregon’s Siskiyou Mountains, a marble cave of fantastical formations, streams, and tiny insects contrasts with an above ground realm of towering cedars and rare plants. Exhibits in the historic visitor center of this National Monument beckon visitors to don a hard-hat and explore a re-created cave featuring insects and arachnids at hundreds of times their actual size. Families discover clicking salamanders, swooping bats, and a spotted owl as they learn about the geological and ecological history of this unique place.

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Grand Canyon National Park Visitor Center

South Rim, Grand Canyon, AZ

From river to rim, a geologic wonder is revealed.

One of the nation’s premier National Parks, the Grand Canyon’s South Rim attracts visitors from around the world. Exhibits at Grand Canyon Visitor Center provide many of these visitors with their first opportunity to learn about the scale, geology, plants and animals, and human history of the Grand Canyon. Visitors leave inspired, informed, and ready to experience all that the park has to offer.

The Colorado River—the lifeblood of the canyon—is the central theme of the exhibits. A terrazzo river connects a “Science on a Sphere” theater-in-the-round at one end of the building to a movie theater on the other.

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Grand Canyon National Park North Rim

North Rim, Grand Canyon, AZ

Quiet, isolated, and spectacular.

The Grand Canyon’s North Rim is an experience worlds apart from the bustling South Rim village. High on this plateau at over 8,000 feet, visitors find a forested island surrounded by grassland and desert.

Exhibits at this log-frame visitor center introduce a geologic history that spans nearly two thousand million years, depict the American Indians that have lived seasonally on the canyon edge for thousands of years, and welcome the visitors of today who to travel here to experience the solitude, cool air, and wilderness.

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Bryce Canyon National Park

Bryce, UT

Stepping back in geologic, ecological, and human time.

The story of Bryce Canyon begins 525 million years ago and continues today with the ever-changing ‘hoodoo’ rock formations that cover much of the park’s landscape. Exhibits show how time is preserved in the Grand Staircase—a series of cliffs, slopes, and terraces that stretch 150 miles south from Bryce Canyon to the Grand Canyon.

In the ecological and human scales of time, Bryce Canyon’s long association with Native American tribal groups, its superlative dark skies, and its ecological communities are introduced to visitors through interactive exhibit media.

diorama with animals on top and reading rails in front
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Big Bend Fossil Discovery Center

Big Bend National Park, TX

A paleontologist’s paradise on the Rio Grande.

Few North American sites hold a fossil record as complete as Big Bend’s—from the Age of Dinosaurs to the Age of Mammals.

EDX, with Lake Flato Architects and the Big Bend Conservancy, created the Fossil Discovery Exhibit—an off-the-grid, solar-powered interpretive center showcasing the fossils of Big Bend. The open air pavilion chronicles 100 million years of geological change. 

This exhibit won a 2018 AAM Excellence in Exhibition award. 

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Fossil Discovery Exhibit photographs by Casey Dunn.

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Arches National Park

Moab, UT

Bridging inside and out to highlight an amazing geological story

An essential first destination for park visitors, the visitor center tells the story of the park’s rich geological and natural history. Large-scale recreations of rock features give the experience drama and scale while providing structure for exhibit elements. Multimedia exhibits help visitors plan their trip and make a hands-on connection with park resources before they venture out.

Working in collaboration with architects VCBO, EDX began with consultation on a building that takes advantage of impressive views of rock features outside, making the interior of the space a continuation of the exterior geology.

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