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February 2007 >> The Introductory Gallery, designed by The 1717 Design Group, officially opens to the public. With the construction of 10,400 SF of new folk art exhibition space, The Museums of Colonial Williamsburg now combines The DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum and the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum under one roof. The new Introductory Gallery provides visitors with an introduction to the two collections along with orientation graphics and a video display of current activities and programs.
January 2007 >> Two thematic exhibits designed by The 1717 Design Group, Capturing Robert E. Lee—In Life and Memory and Robert E. Lee…and the Women in his Life, opened at Stratford Hall Plantation during the Robert E. Lee 200th Birthday Celebration on January 19–21, 2007.
January 2007 >> To commemorate America’s 400th anniversary and the founding of Jamestown, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation commissioned 1717 to design the new 5,000 SF Jamestown 2007 Regional Welcome Center located in the Colonial Williamsburg Visitor Center. 1717 reconfigured the Williamsburg Visitor Center that they designed in 2000 to incorporate Welcome Center exhibits focusing on the regional attractions of the Historic Triangle partners, Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown.
November 2006 >> Pounds, Pence & Pistareens: The Coins and Currency of Colonial America, a temporary exhibit designed by The 1717 Design Group features over 500 examples of colonial era coins and paper currency. This fasinating exhibit examining the money in the pockets and purses of our colonial ancestors opened at the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum in Colonial Williamsburg.
November 2006 >> Earth from Space, a traveling exhibit organized by SITES (Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibits Services) and designed by The 1717 Design Group, opened at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. The exhibit, consisting of full-color graphics and satellite imagery on 41 banner stands, will travel to 15 cities in the next 3 years. For more information, visit www.sites.si.edu
August 2006 >> Raymond Loewy, Designer for a Modern Era opened in the public gallery of the Norfolk & Western Passenger Station in Roanoke, Virginia. Lowey, considered by many to be the "father of industrial design," redesigned the station in 1947. The 1717 Design Group worked with the O. Winston Link Museum to create the exhibit as well as illuminated signage and banners for the lobby.
