RALPH APPELBAUM

RALPH APPELBAUM ASSOCIATES
Ralph Appelbaum Associates (RAA) is the world’s largest interpretive museum design firm. Founded in 1978 by Ralph Appelbaum, RAA has more than 100 specialists working in offices in New York City, London and Beijing. On the staff are planners, designers, media and technology specialists, writers and architects.
RAA focuses on public education, public space and institutional design, capital fund-raising and promotion. The company is best known for its award-winning large-scale permanent museum projects, which merge educational content, media and technology, and architecture. They include museums, science centers, visitor centers, retail shops, orientation centers and architectural structures, as well as parks and gardens. RAA also provides services for masterplanning, library and theater design, media design, and publication and promotional design.
RAA has won over 130 design awards, among them the Presidential Award for Design Excellence, the Federal Design Achievement Award and “Designs of the Decade” from the Industrial Designers Society of America. RAA has completed more than 250 planning and design commissions in 31 States of the United States and in 21 countries. Over 85 permanent museums, visitors centers, exhibitions and environments are visited each year by over 30,000,000 people.
RAA Services include: Consultancy, Museum Planning and Program Development, Architectural Space Planning, Interpretive Masterplanning, Exhibition Planning and Design, Media Development and Theater Design, Interior Planning and Design, Publication and Promotional Design, Museum Retail and Restaurant Design, Product Design
RAA Statistics: Completed Commissions: 250+, Foreign Countries with Permanent Installations: 7, Foreign Countries with Past or Current Commissions: 21, States with Permanent Installations: 21, States with Past or Current Commissions: 31, Permanent or Long-term Installations: 85+ permanent museums, visitor centers, exhibitions and environments, Awards: 130+
Recent Projects include: National World War I Museum, Kansas City, Missouri [1], Museum of the Portuguese Language, Sao Paulo, Brazil [www.estacaodaluz.org.br], William J. Clinton Presidential Center, Little Rock, Arkansas [www.ClintonPresidentialCenter.org], Rose Center for Earth & Space, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York [2], National Constitution Center, Philadelphia Pennsylvania [3], “Dino Jaws,” Natural History Museum, London, England [4], Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center, Grand Teton National Park, Moose, Wyoming [5]