History and Capabilities

Since our beginning, 1220 has concentrated on designing and producing significant exhibits and has steadily grown to be a major force in the development and implementation of museum projects. Our expertise and experience has grown more solid and far-reaching with each project. From procuring artifacts to interpret the 100 year story of women's basketball, to mounting and preserving fragile artifacts on rolling train exhibitions; from the creation of children's interactive exhibits that detail 19th century river commerce and architecture, to handling multi-million dollar sports collections — 1220 has met each design challenge with a common goal of giving the museum community a truly unique experience that combines education with entertainment. Now a multi-faceted company with facilities in Nashville, 1220 has grown to meet the challenges of today's curators, educators, and audiences. We continue to produce exciting and educational national museum projects and special-event exhibits that renders the high level of products and services that have been associated with our four-digit logo. If you are in search of a single-source firm to bring your vision to reality, 1220 could very well be the answer. Although most of our projects are turnkey — including initial planning and design, film and animatronics scripting, development of electronic media interactive, fabrication and installation of your exhibits — our services are also offered a-la-carte for selected projects.


MUSEUM SERVICES CAPABILITIES

Consultation Services

  • Short-term/long-range planning
  • Site audit Programs assessment
  • Audience definition/marketing position
  • Space planning with architect, preservationist, archivist, etc.

Curatorial Services

  • Collections Assessment
  • Collections facilities audit Inventory/cataloguing
  • Archival services Selected research/writing
  • Artifact installation

Exhibit Design and Production

  • Design
  • Fabrication
  • Storyline development
  • Label writing
  • Exhibits curation
  • Artifact handling
  • Research
  • Consultation with designers and fabricators
  • In house state-of-the-art Graphics design and production
  • Photographic reproduction