Matthew Cox Exhibit Development Interpretation Collections Management

Relevant Projects Minnesota Children’s Museum   Exhibit ions Thomas & Friends: Explore the Rails Our World (in design) Super Awesome Adventureland (in design) Concept Designs WordPlay Split Rock Studios   Exhibit ions Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Soldatna, AK (through concept design) Wyoming Arts Council, Cheyenne, WY (through detail design) Raven Industries, Sioux Falls, SD Tettegouche State Park, Silver Bay, MN Jewel Cave National Monument, Custer, SD (2014 NAI Award Winner) Poarch Band of Creek Indian Museum and Visitor Center, Atmore, AL Jay Cooke State Park, Carlton, MN U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, Cedar Rapids, IA Ford’s Theatre Center for Education and Leadership, Washington, DC Advanced Technology Environmental Education Center, Davenport, IA Pipestone National Monument, Pipestone, MN Ice Harbor Visitor Center, Walla Walla, WA Concept Designs Clay County Historical and Cultural Society, Moorhead, MN River Legacy Living Science Center, Arlington, TX Key Largo Chamber of Commerce, Key Largo, FL Grand Forks County Historical Society, Grand Forks, ND National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Exhibit ions Today’s Game Scribes and Mic Men New collection acquisitions exhibit Articles “Keep Baseball Going: FDR’s Green Light Letter and the fate of baseball during World War II,” Memories and Dreams vol. 31 no. 5, Fall 2009, 17-19. “Ball tells story of replacement players,” Cooperstown Chatter: The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum on MLBlogs.com, August 31, 2009.

Cooperstown Graduate Program Exhibits Science Discovery Center of Oneonta, Oneonta, NY Museum Programs Halloween Film Series, Museum at Bethel Woods, Bethel, NY Plans Documentation for National Register of Historic Places, Glimmerglass Historic District, Cooperstown, NY Master Plan, Meredith Historical Society, Meredith, NY President’s Conference Room exhibit plan, SUNY Oneonta, Oneonta, NY Midwest Museum of Natural History Collections Collections inventory and care Exhibits Exhibition label redesign Dupage Children’s Museum Exhibit Research Make It Move visitor tracking New York State Historical Association Museum Programs Folk Art on Fire technology research New York State History Day First Division Museum at Cantigny Collections Bi-annual collections inventory Collections committee Exhibits New collection acquisitions exhibit Plans Oral history procedures update for Robert R. McCormick Research Center

Thomas & Friends: Explore the Rails Minnesota Children’s Museum, St. Paul, MN • Record breaking attendance (June, August, September 2014)      

“Shrill whistles and the unmistakable clatter of wheels rolling over rails float across the pastoral landscape. Friendly chatter fills the air. It is a unique land that has held a special place in the hearts and imaginations of children for generations. Welcome to the Island of Sodor!”  

   

Our World Minnesota Children’s Museum, St. Paul, MN, currently in design

                                   

  “Our World is full of interactive experiences that prompt visitors to build on and contribute to the vibrancy of a community with their presence, interests, ideas, creativity, concerns, and efforts.”          

     

Super Awesome Adeventureland Minnesota Children’s Museum, St. Paul, MN, currently in design

     “Adventure seekers take on daring physical challenges in an action-packed and imaginative space, strengthening their experience by creating their own stories along the way. As visitors engage each area they are inspired by the exciting book passages around them.”      

Jewel Cave National Monument Custer, SD • 2014 NAI Award Winner  

   “Through personal exploration and adventure, you will be immersed in an underground wilderness. The strange becomes familiar, and the familiar becomes strange. This mysterious underground landscape has yet to be fully explored.”  

   

Advanced Technology Environmental Education Center Davenport, IA

          “Energy is all around you, but do you know what it really is?

Does it power your computer? Is it what makes you run faster downhill? Is it the heat from a bonfire?  Energy is all of those things. Simply put, energy is the ability to perform work.”  

Poarch Band of Creek Indians Museum and Visitor Center Atmore, AL                

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa Cedar Rapids, IA  

Jay Cooke State Park Carlton, MN

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“New Belgium Brewery has found a way to put waste to good use. By using a system called cogeneration, waste is turned into a useful biofuel and cuts down on pollution. After beer is made, there is a lot of wastewater left. The sludgy water is filled with yeast, malt, and other organic materials and must be treated. The wastewater treatment process creates methane that the brewery collects and uses to power a cogeneration engine. New Belgium Brewery is able to get 15% of its electrical energy through cogeneration and craft a more environmentally friendly brew.”                          

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                                                           “Across Wyoming, hunting and fishing shapes who we are. It is in our blood and part of our cultural heritage. Local craftsmen and artisans put this significance on display by turning common hunting and fishing gear to functional works of folk art.

These artists use their skill to continue the outdoor traditions many of us hold dear. From fishing flies to gunstocks to saddlebags, each artist creates something special. Something of beauty. Something of Wyoming.”

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