JUDY RAND

We make exhibits that people enjoy. Original, affectionate, thoughtful, inspiring, often witty, and always well-crafted, our exhibits reach out to visitors, encouraging them to explore, engage, read, and remember.

Our success springs from our love for the subject; our desire to understand visitors and help you connect with them; and our drive to solve tough creative problems—all propelled by an efficient process that comes from 25 years of experience. Our services include exhibit planning and development, project management and creative direction, editorial services, and multimedia/audiovisual.

In her 12 years at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Judy created and supervised the Exhibit Research and Development Department, which was responsible for exhibition planning, development, label writing, and production. She and her team produced books, curriculum materials, programs, and scripts. Judy’s work was key to the success of the original aquarium and Outer Bay wing. She developed the aquarium’s interpretive plan and set the interpretive style and formats for all exhibitions. As master developer, she launched a series of groundbreaking special exhibitions, each 8,000 to 10,000 sq. ft. Mexico's Secret Sea won the American Association of Museums Curators’ Award.

In 1985, Judy founded Rand and Associates. She was the label consultant for Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History. She set up a new approach to communicating with the museum's visitors, establishing museum-wide standards and style. She provided interpretive planning, writing, editing, and editorial project management for more than a dozen exhibitions, including Gems, Sizes, Tiffany, Families at Work, Inside Ancient Egypt, and Traveling the Pacific.

Judy has provided workshops for museum groups like the American Association of Museums, the Association of Science-Technology Centers, and the Western Museums Association. Dozens of museums have asked for help with their interpretive label systems. From Chicago to Saskatchewan to Shanghai, each has a different audience, different goals, and different needs.

Recent work includes:
Concept planning for the Hershey Museum
Interpretive planning, editing, writing for National Constitution Center
Staff training for Dinosphere, Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
Script development for Life Changes, New York Hall of Science

Judy Rand
Rand and Associates
2584 5th Avenue West
Seattle, WA 98119-2275
206 285-4450 phone
206 285-0218 fax
jhrand@aol.com

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