News
04/09
Historic Christ Church
Historic Christ Church's new Visitors Center is scheduled to open April 25 to the public. Riggs Ward designed and programmed all of the new exhibit, visitor services and retail spaces, including the design and production of the hands-on and touchscreen interactive experiences.
04/09
Lake City, South Carolina
RWD has begun design services on a significant new agricultural museum in the Carolinas. Focusing on compelling personal stories and interactive exhibits, the museum will be the definitive exploration of farm life in the rural South.
09/08
With Malice Toward None: The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition
To celebrate the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth, RWD and the Library of Congress will open an exhibition on February 12, 2009 featuring the 16th President's most significant speeches and writings.
07/08
Italian Dressing
RWD and the Virginia Center for Architecture announce the opening of Italian Dressing: Palladio and American Classicism, on display through October 5, 2008. Andrea Palladio's ideas remain heavily influential to architects today, 500 years after the first publishing of his revolutionary books.
06/08
Historic Christ Church
Riggs Ward is designing new interpretive and interactive exhibits, along with a reception and gift shop area to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Foundation for Historic Christ Church. The colonial Anglican Church, completed in 1735, is a National Historic Landmark located in Lancaster County, Virginia.
05/08
Durham, North Carolina
RWD is working with the City of Durham, North Carolina, to develop plans for a regional history museum, as well as a venue dedicated to the entrepreneurial and collaborative spirit of Parrish Street.
04/08
Creating the U.S.
RWD's latest exhibition, Creating the U.S., opens to the public on April 12 as part of the new "Library of Congress Experience." Highly interactive exhibit elements will enable visitors to customize access to the Library's collections while examining the challenges faced by our country's Founding Fathers.
03/08
Against the Odds: Making a Difference in Global Health
Riggs Ward and the National Library of Medicine will open Against the Odds: Making a Difference in Global Health on April 17. This exhibition will highlight individuals and groups around the world that are facing and overcoming obstacles within their own communities to improve health on a global scale.
02/08
Magna Carta & Four Foundations of Freedom
Riggs Ward's exhibition, Magna Carta & Four Foundations of Freedom, will be highlighted in an environmental graphics feature in the March/April 2008 issue of Communication Arts Magazine. The Contemporary Art Center of Virginia partnered with RWD to create and host the exhibition during the spring of 2007.