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Apropos Planning is a Canadian consulting firm specializing in exhibit research and development, as well as interpretive planning and strategic planning for museum development, science centres and visitor centres. Apropos has worked on museum development and exhibit research and development for more than two decades in North America and beyond.


Staff at Acadia National Park have installed new information panels developed by Apropos Planning at the ferry launch for Isle au Haut.
In 2007, Apropos Planning developed long-range interpretation plans for both the Isle au Haut and Schoodic districts of Acadia.
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Apropos provided interpretive planning and exhibit development services for:
• Reflecting on Anne of Green Gables (co-curated with Dr. Irene Gammel) Library and Archives Canada, June 4, 2008 to March 31, 2009
• Wollemi Pine – The Tree that Time Forgot, Royal Botanical Gardens, Hamilton, Ontario
• Signage, Acadia National Park, Maine, USA

The Wollemi Pine – The Tree that Time Forgot, opened at Royal Botanical Gardens in October 2007.
Recently Completed Projects
We have recently completed:
• RCMP Heritage Centre, Regina, Saskatchewan
• Killbear Provincial Park Visitor Centre, Ontario
• French River Provincial Park Visitor Centre, Ontario
• Canada Face to Face: Canadian Museum of Civilization
• Creative Concept for the Water Gallery, Canadian Museum of Nature
• Seeing Ourselves in the Capital: A Programming Strategy for Better Representing Canada and Canadians, National Capital Commission
• Communicating the Significance of Parliament Hill: A Strategy for Outdoor Self-Guiding Interpretation
• Making These Walls Talk: Conceptual Approaches to Interpreting the Colonial Building Provincial Historic Site, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador

In Progress
Apropos Planning is currently working on the following projects:
• Schad Gallery of Biodiversity at the Royal Ontario Museum with Reich & Petch Design International
• Peoria Riverfront Museum, Peoria, Illinois with Design + Communication Inc.
• Eau Canada! Travelling Exhibit, Canadian Museum of Nature and Parks Canada
• Summative Evaluation of the Canadian Arts & Heritage Sustainabilty Program (with Kelly Sears Consulting)
• Strategic Planning, Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre
• Website Content, Captain John Smith National Water Trail