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The Arizona Museum of Natural History

Far too often we hear that people didn’t realize that we had a natural history museum, or they didn’t consider visiting.

This impressive structure will go a long way to correct that."

Dr. Tom Wilson, Director of the Arizona Museum of Natural History

The Arizona Museum of Natural History plans to attract more visitors to their museum and downtown Mesa with the addition of an iconic, life-sized dinosaur—an Acrocanthosaurus, to be specific—sculpture “bursting out” of the upper levels of the museum. The Acrocanthosaurus is a great photo opportunity for visitors to commemorate their time at the museum and share with friends and family on social media, creating buzz and an iconic landmark for the city. Dimensional Innovations’ creative team partnered with Staab Studios, an eclectic art studio with expertise in bringing prehistoric models to life, to create and install the sculpture. The life-sized dinosaur is one of the few sculptures in the world posed this way.

 

122 Million Years

How long ago the Acrocanthosaurus first roamed the Earth

140K

Number of annual visitors who tour the museum

“The Arizona Museum of Natural History has played an important role in downtown Mesa for decades. It deserves an iconic feature that cements the museum’s status as a landmark for our city and I think this dinosaur is the perfect reflection of that,” said Chris Glover, Mesa Councilmember.

 

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Carole Hollman

Carole Hollman

Practice Director - Cultural

With over 13 years of experience in the museum design/build world, Carole has successfully led and facilitated large-scale exhibit and interpretive projects of national importance around the country for over a decade. Carole’s passion... more about Carole Hollman Carole Hollman Carole Hollman Practice Director - Cultural

With over 13 years of experience in the museum design/build world, Carole has successfully led and facilitated large-scale exhibit and interpretive projects of national importance around the country for over a decade. Carole’s passion for storytelling and her love of the non-profit, educational world make her a natural and compassionate leader in this field. Her combined skills and professional experience make her a powerful listener, communicator, client liaison, internal and external group facilitator, conceptual thinker, visionary, and team leader.

Having spent 20+ years in a number of different creative and educational fields, she brings an added design mentality and the benefits of cross-industry experience to any project. She has an extensive background across a wide range of fields, including: Museum and Exhibit Design and Fabrication; Software Design and Development; Healthcare and Healthcare Education/Certification; Professional and Continuing Education; and K-12 Educational Design.

As the project leader, Carole’s main goal is to assemble the best team for each project, set them up for highest success, and let them do what they do best, while staying personally involved at a high level from beginning to end. Notable past projects include: The Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum; Wonderscope Children’s Museum; UNMC McGoogan Library Wigton Heritage Center; Dane G. Hansen Museum; Zoo Knoxville, KidScape at the Johnson County Museum, and the Kansas Museum of History.

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Brian Silvey

Executive Creative Director

As Executive Creative Director, Brian focuses on developing design and digital solutions for many of Dimensional Innovations’ largest clients. With a background in graphic and user interface design, Brian has applied his talents to... more about Brian Silvey BRIAN Brian Silvey Executive Creative Director

As Executive Creative Director, Brian focuses on developing design and digital solutions for many of Dimensional Innovations’ largest clients. With a background in graphic and user interface design, Brian has applied his talents to connecting brands to consumers through technology and engaging design.

Throughout his extensive career at DI, Brian has a proven track record of successfully transforming clients’ visions and goals into powerful, branded designs with user-centric features, whether it’s an education exhibit design, an innovative healthcare experience or a cutting-edge interactive for a professional or collegiate sports team.

Brian graduated from the Kansas City Art Institute with a degree in graphic design. Specializing in graphic composition, typography, illustration, storyboarding and animation, he has extensive experience with starting projects in the conceptual stage and taking them through to construction documents.

Outside of work, Brian enjoys photography, outdoor sports like backpacking and canyoneering as well as playing the drums.

 
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