05.09.07

The Armenian Genocide Museum and Memorial (AGMM) announced today that its Building and Operations Committee signed contracts with Washington area firms specializing in museum planning and construction to begin the development and construction of a stellar museum in the historic National Bank of Washington building and adjacent properties. AGMM selected two firms previously invited to submit proposals for the site. The Committee awarded its phase one museum planning contract to the prestigious firm of Gallagher & Associates, which specializes in the planning, design and management of innovative, informative, and immersive experiences for museums, learning facilities and visitor centers
The Committee awarded its phase one museum planning contract to the prestigious firm of Gallagher & Associates, which specializes in the planning, design and management of innovative, informative, and immersive experiences for museums, learning facilities and visitor centers. Based in the Washington area, this premier museum planning firm has steered to completion numerous projects ranging from exhibit and visitor centers at Jamestown Settlement in Virginia and the Gettysburg National Battlefield in Pennsylvania, to a multimedia re-creation of the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival in New York. Significantly, Gallagher & Associates was also selected by the United States National Archives to showcase its vast collection of historic documents in a new permanent exhibit on the Washington Mall. The firm also designed the Montreal Holocaust Museum and has commenced master planning for the new Woodrow Wilson Presidential Museum. The Gallagher proposal for AGMM was reviewed by leading scholars in the fields of Armenian and genocide studies.