type private industry design founded 1978 headquarters new york united states number of employees 150 200 website http www.raai.com ralph appelbaum associates raa is the world s largest museum exhibition design firm . 1 2 it has offices in new york city london beijing berlin moscow and dubai . contents 1 overview 2 major projects 2.1 national museums 2.2 history 2.3 cultural 2.4 science 2.5 temporary exhibitions 2.6 corporate 2.7 current projects 2.8 selected works 3 references 4 external links overview edit the new york times reported in 1999 that the firm was composed of architects designers editors model builders historians childhood specialists one poet one painter and one astrophysicist . 3 the project the firm is most well known for is the united states holocaust memorial museum which has been described as a turning point in museology . 3 the firm was founded in 1978 by ralph appelbaum born 1942 a graduate of pratt institute and former peace corps volunteer in peru . mr. appelbaum currently directs raa s undertakings and retains daily involvement in selected commissions . major projects edit according to its website raa has completed 700 commissions in over 40 countries . 4 national museums edit canadian museum of human rights crown jewels the tower of london national constitution center philadelphia national museum of african american history and culture smithsonian institution washington dc national museum of scotland edinburgh scotland national world war i museum united states holocaust memorial museum royal albert memorial museum united states capitol visitor center history edit the american immigrant wall of honor ellis island culloden battlefield memorial visitor centre the foundling museum greyhound bus station in montgomery alabama not executed indiana state museum the jewish museum manhattan jewish museum and tolerance center moscow russia lincoln castle london transport museum museum of tomorrow newseum presidio officers club thomas edison national historical park william j. clinton presidential library world music gallery the horniman museum cultural edit anchorage museum bishop museum the braid ballymena town hall heard museum museum of world religions nascar hall of fame st. paul s cathedral the walt whitman birthplace state historic site & interpretive center world golf hall of fame science edit american museum of natural history new york city chemical heritage foundation moody gardens natural history museum of utah singapore discovery centre temporary exhibitions edit dead sea scrolls life and faith in biblical times expo 2008 water a unique resource expo 2010 united arab emirates pavilion mandela day 2009 pompeii the exhibit life and death in the shadow of vesuvius ting technology and democracy what price freedom new york public library centennial exhibition corporate edit at & t carlsberg ibm 100 think ikea museum intel museum the walmart museum current projects edit american museum of natural history american indian cultural center and museum expo 2020 humboldt forum international african american museum j zef pi sudski museum nariman house vietnam veterans memorial world museum wien selected works edit national museum of african american history and culture washington d.c. newseum washington d.c. canadian museum for human rights winnipeg canada rose center for earth and space american museum of natural history new york new york william j. clinton presidential library little rock arkansas references edit william grimes 1994 01 11 . new approach to museum show design . the new york times . retrieved 2008 03 19 . bradford a. mckee what s a museum what he says it is . how ralph appelbaum built a monopoly in the field of exhibition design . architecture magazine 2002 a b soloman deborah 1999 04 21 . he turns the past into stories and the galleries fill up . the new york times . retrieved 2008 07 08 . ralph appelbaum associates . raai.com . retrieved 2016 09 30 . external links edit ralph appelbaum associates website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ralph appelbaum associates & oldid 742631703 categories companies established in 1978companies based in new york citymuseumsmuseum designexhibition designersenvironmental design navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages portugu s edit links this page was last modified on 4 october 2016 at 21 05 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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