The A. Quinn Jones Museum and Cultural Center project was absolutely fascinating, full of local Florida history. We worked closely with MAM Exhibit Design on this project, in which we divided and conquered. We did the heavy lifting of fabrication and installation of exhibits and graphics, and Marry Anna Murphy (MAM) did the design.
The project was to design a museum and cultural center in an vintage bungalow. The museum celebrates the life of A. Quinn Jones (1893 – 1997), an early black educator in Alachua County. Each of the five galleries is specific to a subject dealing with Mr. Jones: Education, Arts and Culture, Church Life, Civil Rights and A. Quinn Jones. The 1,000 square foot museum was researched and completed in just 6 months.
The above Civil Rights gallery tells the story of how Alachua County reacted to and eventually embraced the Civil Rights Movement. Newspaper headlines were reproduced for visual impact and quotes were pulled to create points of interest and draw the viewer in. We painted several of the display walls in different colors to complement the graphics, which added pops of color and helped the graphics to really stand out.
The Arts and Culture gallery displays a work from local artist, Jesse Aaron. The work was chosen for the lightly staffed museum because, up high, it’s safe from hands. Because it’s normal for a deer mount to be placed above eye line on a wall, this worked perfectly and lends a rustic and impressive visual effect to the collection.
The A. Quinn Jones gallery displays items from his long life – several plaques were in the museum’s collection. They were displayed, not for each individual accomplishment, but to showcase his lifetime of accolades.
Jones’ desk was set up with a display of items that he might have kept close at hand. Super graphic custom printed wallpaper was installed on one wall. The back wall, covering a set of windows, provides additional display space and a means to fix the vitrine in place.
This was the perfect project to complete last month, just in time for Black History Month. We had the pleasure of learning a lot about a local black historic figure, and we also had the honor of working with MAM Exhibits once again. This was a project to be proud of!
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