Essex Historical Associates offers a number of services to get your museum or cultural institution the results it needs. A background in both public history and museum consulting makes us an experienced firm that can ensure you are telling the right stories in an engaging way, backed by sound research and best practices.
Planning a new exhibit or a new museum is daunting. We can help you organize content, develop themes and messages, maximize your collection’s potential, and deliver a powerful visitor experience.

Interpretive Planning
We help your institution determine the important stories it wants to tell, and how it wants to tell them.

Historical Research
Professionally trained in public history, we can help you with the historical research process from beginning to end.

Engagement Planning
A museum experience is not just about exhibits – the entire visit should be meaningful and engaging. We can help your institution reach these goals.

Exhibit Text Writing
Even with completely immersive exhibit experiences now the norm, engaging and interesting text is still vital to any exhibit. We can help.

Exhibit Development
Planning a new exhibit or a new museum is always a challenge. We can help you organize content, maximize your collection’s potential, and deliver a powerful visitor experience.