Also called: Exhibition Designer
Designs museum exhibitions: the layout, cases, graphics, lighting, and interactives.
They turn a curator's ideas into a walk-through experience, building 3D models of galleries and designing touchscreens and hands-on displays. Science centers, zoos, and history museums hire them.
Based on BLS set and exhibit designers (27-1027), May 2024 estimates.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in exhibit, interior, industrial, or graphic design.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Exhibit Design, Interior Design, Industrial Design, Graphic Design.
Growing about average (about 3% over 10 years). BLS projects about average growth.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. AI helps draft layouts, graphics and renders; designing how visitors move through real objects and spaces stays human.
Classes: Architecture or drafting CAD, AP Art History, Graphic design.
Official data: O*NET occupation 27-1027.
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