Exhibition spaces:
Here are some examples of exhibition designs that I found successful.
Phoenix Art Museum (Phoenix, AZ)
The whole museum has an area of 285,000 square feet. The dimensions of this exhibition area are unknown. The place looks spacious because it is well organized. Each exhibit has sufficient distance from the others. More importantly, the walls and ceilings of this place are white, so they reflect light. The light color is also bright white. The whole place looks relaxing and welcoming.
Griffith Observatory (Los Angeles, CA)
The observatory has 20,000 square feet of exhibition space in the expanded building. This example was the opposite of the previous one, but I still consider it successful. The space organization is still great, but the whole exhibition space is dark to match the space theme. However, there are spotlights with a bright white color that illuminate the target objects. That makes the whole space mysterious and interesting.
A less successful example:
Mandalay Bay Bayside Exhibit Hall (Paradise, NV)
This exhibition hall seems very cluttered. However, it has 181,000 square feet of exhibit space. The whole place was not well organized. The electric lighting has a warm yellow tone, which makes the whole exhibition hall seem dark and unwelcoming. The insight here is that the organization of a large exhibition space is fairly important. Also, in my design, I prefer a brighter and whiter lighting tone that mimics daylight.
A public link to my Google Sheet of Design Guidelines:
