Museum Architects & Planners
VernerJohnson – Museum Architects & Planners is the only architectural firm in the US specializing exclusively in museum architecture & planning.
- For more than forty years, we have been collaborating with our clients to plan and design innovative and successful museums, resulting in more than 200 projects in our portfolio.
- We plan and design special places that educate and inspire.
- Our projects have included every type of museum, ranging in size from 7,500 to 1,200,000 square feet.
Proven Success
- Six VernerJohnson Projects were recently voted “Best Museums For 2023” by USA Today.
- Each year, more than 13 million people visit our museums.
- A Forbes magazine survey placed five VernerJohnson projects among the top 25 most highly visited museums in the United States.
- VernerJohnson – Museum Architects & Planners has a proven track record of creating highly successful and sustainable institutions.
- Our planning and design projects are not just popular with the public, but have a strong history of generating sufficient earned revenue to support the continually renewed programming that ensures that visitors will repeatedly return.
- The breadth and depth of our experience has given us a detailed understanding of where museums are going and about how they successfully function. We apply this constantly evolving knowledge to the planning and design of each new project.
International Scope
- Our international work includes projects in Europe, India, Hong Kong, China, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, New Zealand, South America, Caribbean
- Verner Johnson – Museum Architects & Planners has provided planning and design services to some of the most prestigious clients, including the Smithsonian Institution, for whom we provided planning and design services for over 20 years, the Louvre Museum in Paris, and five projects for the Urban Council in Hong Kong.