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INTERPRETIVE EXHIBIT DESIGN
"Machu Picchu: Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas is remarkable not just for its careful exploration of the famed archaeological site high in the Peruvian Andes, but also for demonstrating an almost devotional care to exhuming a lost past."
- Edward Rothstein, Arts/Cultural Desk at the New York Times
Machu Picchu: Unveiling the Mystery
Client: Peabody Museum at Yale
Budget: $750,000
The stunning collection of artifacts, obtained from Machu Picchu and housed in the archive at the Yale’s Peabody Museum of Natural History for 100 years, had never been seen by the public. This collection and the many photographs taken by Hiram Bingham, the Yale archaeologist responsible for the expedition to Machu Picchu in 1912, formed the core material for a new traveling exhibit about Machu Picchu. The exhibit traveled to seven major museums across the country, finishing its tour in Cusco, Peru, where it was permanently installed.