Archetype3D builds custom physical museum and exhibit models in Denver, Colorado, and ships them worldwide. We create models of landscapes, objects and systems that help visitors understand a subject through a shared display.
As museum model makers, we build museum scale models, museum exhibit models and fully detailed dioramas for museums and science centers. Our museum work includes the Yakima Valley Museum, the Ontario Science Centre and the St. Charles Heritage Museum.
See the workFor the Yakima Valley Museum, we cut the terrain around Mount St. Helens from elevation data and laser etched the grayscale surface. For the Ontario Science Centre, we made an ice core from layered resin and lit it from below. The subject and the gallery setting shaped each build.
An exhibit plan helps us understand how a museum model will fit into the visitor experience. We’ll talk about viewing height, lighting, labels and how close people can get. If the piece will be handled or moved, or needs a protective case, those details belong in the plan from the beginning. Read our guide to planning a museum or exhibit model.
Contact usThe right approach depends on the subject. For the Yakima Valley Museum, terrain models of Mount St. Helens and Mount Rainier let visitors see the shape of each landscape in detail. For the Ontario Science Centre, an ice core made from layered resin and lit from below shows its layers. For the St. Charles Heritage Museum, elevation data and historic imagery put the Missouri River where it once ran.
Archetype3D prices every model by shop time, at about $5,000 per week, with a fixed-cost proposal for each project. Models range from about $5,000 for a simple study model to $150,000 for a large, complex multi-building development. For museum and exhibit models, the main cost drivers are interpretive detail, lighting and visitor interaction. See what a custom scale model costs.
They’re physical models that give visitors a closer look at subjects that are too large, remote or fragile to see directly, such as a landscape, an object or a system.
The story you want to tell and the space where it will be displayed. We’ll talk through viewing height, lighting, labels and how close people can get. Our guide to planning a museum or exhibit model goes into more detail. Museum exhibit planning.
Yes. A protective case can be planned from the start, and we also repair and refurbish models, including work on site. Model repair and refurbishment.
Yes. We ship worldwide and can help plan packing, delivery and on-site installation.
Archetype3D prices every model by shop time, at about $5,000 per week, with a fixed-cost proposal for each project. Models range from about $5,000 for a simple study model to $150,000 for a large, complex development. For museum and exhibit models, the main cost drivers are interpretive detail, lighting and visitor interaction. See the cost guide. Cost guide.
Share what the model needs to show and who it’s for, and we’ll help you think through scale, details and next steps.
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