Meyer May House - Grand Rapids
While this space isn’t entirely an “exhibition space” to the likelihood of the examples given I believe that it truly captured the idea of the house and how Frank Lloyd Wright inteded it to be seen.
Some of the things that made it great:
- All of the houses aorund it are also owned by Steelcase and maintained to show how the building looked in comparison to the houses around it at the time that it was built.
- The tour begins in a victorian house, the house on the left in the picture, where you tour a traditional hosue of the time to give you contrast for the tour of the Meyer May house.
- Similar to the the bilogical analogy I described, the order of which the house was presented was well thought out to create emphasis on what you were seeing. After the initial tour of the victorian house you watch a short video describing the history of the house and the resotration.
- Finally, once you are in the house you are amazed by the innovation and the many details captured just how it was intended when it was built.
- It really captures it’s target audience, which makes it a great exhibition.
Grand Rapids Children’s Museum
Some of the things that make the children’s museum great:
- All of the spaces were fully interactive to capture the attention of younger kids, while teaching them the basics of many scientific priciples. I remember as a kid being astounding by their color theory exhibit as well as a paper airplane exhibit. While as a kid I didn’t necessarily realize I was learning about light frequencies and aerodynamics, I truly was.
- The space promoted collaboration by habing multiple stations at a single table and by having open spaces for people to interact instead of having limiting spaces that would have the opposite affect.