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WHAT'S NEW AT LORD: NEW PROJECTS, NEW IDEAS

ATALAM Conference
Events / October 8, 2025
Sharing Difficult Histories at the ATALM Conference

Lisa Wright will be speaking at the ATALM Conference this fall alongside the Woodland Cultural Centre. Join her session Sharing Difficult Histories: Interpretation of the Mohawk Institute Residential School.

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Mohawk Institute
Newsletters / September 30, 2025
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

September 30th is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day in Canada. We encourage you to become familiar with the Truth & Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action and to reflect on and learn about Indigenous histories and culture.  

This year, we’d like to share two powerful initiatives:

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Museum of the Rockies
News / July 14, 2025
Ready to Rock: New Dinosaur Exhibit Opens at Museum of the Rockies

For 40 years, the Museum of the Rockies (MOR) in Bozeman, Montana has been a leader in the field of paleontology. This month, the new Cretaceous Crossroads exhibit opened—MOR's first new paleontology exhibit in over 10 years, highlighting the Late Cretaceous Period in Montana..

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City of Tucson
Projects / 2023-24
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WE WORK WITH...

Museums and Galleries

We work with you through visioning, planning, and implementation phases to create new cultural landmarks, weaving presence into the surrounding community.

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Cities and Placemaking

We help cities build cultural spaces that draw on existing strengths and assets, allowing you to develop local geography, architecture, and artistic talent into a cultural tourist destination. 

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Gardens & Parks

Lord Cultural Resources has been a partner in planning and executing many parks and conservancies, botanical gardens, horticultural displays, living collection, and other nature-based cultural initiatives. 

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Heritage and Historic Sites

We approach each heritage and history project with fresh eyes, developing and executing plans that are uniquely tailored to the stories that each site has to tell.

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Science Centres

We help plan and create science museums with unique presence and style. We believe in drawing on local culture and context to provide visitors with meaningful, science-rich experiences that inspire and delight.

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Archives and Libraries

We have extensive experience developing and renewing archives and libraries, transforming them into dynamic, engaging spaces and broadening their potential audiences.

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Expos, Festivals and Events

We help design ground-breaking expositions and festivals that show off a locale’s individual identity and reputation to the world. We can assist with master planning, exhibitions, design, programming, and long-term tourism development.

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Architects, Developers and Designers

When projects involve multiple creative partners, we foster collaboration and synergy to take projects further. One shared success always leads to more.

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Other

Some of our most interesting and exciting jobs don’t fit standard categories. If your vision involves ideas not described on this site, or concepts that nobody has attempted before, we are intrigued! And we want to hear from you. Our experience and discipline, far from limiting a blue-sky project, make it much more likely to succeed.

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OUR PUBLICATIONS

Manual of Museum Management, Third Edition
Manual of Museum Management
Third Edition
Gail Dexter Lord
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New Directions for University Museums
New Directions for University Museums
Brad King
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Manual of Museum Exhibitions
Manual of Museum Exhibitions
Third Edition
Maria Piacente
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