Donor Wall

This panel commemorates the Museum's first significant capital campaign. Materials tie in with colors and finishes used in the building. Text panels are removable glass inserts with screen printed copy, so if changes were needed they could be swapped out.

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Donor Wall, 3/4 view

The capital campaign donor panel is in the lobby elevator of the building's addition, new construction that contrasts cleanly with the historic building. Materials and colors were specified to bridge the two.

Mission Panel

During the formation of the Museum's core patron group and board, a mission statement was established. This panel commemorates donors' early gifts, for being leaps of faith and vision in a just-born idea.

Small interior panels

ADA requirements for restroom signs and others were taken as opportunities to inject personality in the new Museum's surroundings, instead of simply meeting the minimums. Graphics culled from local collections and simple three-dimensional trims bring material presence to these pieces.

Sheriff's Orders

Humorous vignettes replace the expected "no smoking" warnings, adding to the Museum's charm instead of nagging the vistor with the obvious.

Restroom Directional

Casual directional signage points to the "necessaries." Spanish has been included in signage where logical and polite, not as an exhaustive side-by-side.

Donor Signage Bracket

To commemorate signigificant naming gifts, three specially fabricated brackets were installed along the hallway to the rooms they identify. They are made from waterjet cut aluminum billet, painted with copper patina. The inserts are incised/infilled lettering in slate panels.

Tank Signage Install

While funds are still being raised for a monument sign, shiny new catchment tanks provided a great opportunity for large name and logo panels, welcoming visitors to the Museum. Referencing barn signage and feedstore signage, the panels provide a flat surface for distortion-free typography and ease of installation.

Cowboy Logo

The CTHM's cowboy logo never seemed more at home than in this installation on catchment tanks outside the Museum's new addition.

Bracket sign in hallway

Copper patina "cactus bracket" sign in upstairs hallway.