California Condor Rescue Zone

The Condor Discovery Room is an interactive and immersive adventure play experience that explores the life and survival of the California Condor. The Discovery Room is designed for children between the ages of 5 and 10, and reflects the life of the California Condor in the wild, its rescue from extinction and the Los Angeles Zoo’s role in its survival. The exhibit provides children with playful, fun and meaningful experiences to role play as research scientists as well as condors as they discover how condors live and how the Los Angeles Zoo is helping to save them. Lexington’s scope included design support and fabrication of graphics, rockwork, cabinetry, and props, including handmade plush condors. This exhibit opened in October 2009.

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The Children's Museum of the Upstate

At 24,000 square feet, this expansive museum has an impressive collection of exhibits and programs geared toward children of all ages. Unlike many children's museums, the Children's Museum of the Upstate is truly innovative in its collection of exhibits, each of which provide a unique set of challenges and subject matter to explore in a manner that kids and adults will not find anywhere else. The Children’s Museum of the Upstate opened in July 2009.

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The Roseville Utility Exploration Center

The Roseville Utility Exploration Center encourages its visitors to take individual actions for a sustainable future. This LEED certified project features hands-on interactive exhibits and high-tech media covering topics including energy efficiency, renewable technology, water conservation and recycling.

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Noah's Ark

Designed by Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects,Noah's Ark welcomes children (ages 4-8) and families to embark on an extraordinary, wondrous journey. Inspired by the ancient flood story of Noah's Ark, this hands-on gallery and outdoor experience beckons visitors to take shelter and set sail together on a gigantic wooden ark. Visitors immerse themselves in interactive play with hundreds of handcrafted, fanciful animals made from recycled materials, ranging from life-size elephants and giraffes to snakes, hedgehogs, and flamingos.

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Omaha Children's Museum

Lexington technically designed and fabricated exhibits for the Creative Arts, Science Lab, Hall and the Performing Arts Theater areas of the Omaha Children's Museum. Among the spectacular new children's interactive elements are the Light Piano, the Exploraporter, a working replica of DaVinci's flying machine, exterior entrance signs and large playful towers with moving parts.

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Mount Vernon Educational Center

Under contract to Art Guild, Inc., Lexington fabricated and installed several large scale elements in the Mount Vernon's new Donald W. Reynolds Museum and Education Center. One of the more impressive elements Lexington created was the replica of the Federal Hall Building in which George Washington took the oath of office in 1789. This partial building replica stands at 19 feet high with gilt gold railings and a large burgundy damask bunting draped across the facade. Lexington also designed a Pepper's Ghost effect showing the dilemma Washington faced as our country's first leader - should he be a president or a king. Other elements included a replica of a Liberty pole, a period hogshead barrel, and tea pots made to withstand the wear and tear of an interactive museum experience. The Museum and Education Center features 23 gallery and theater experiences - each with interactive components, original artifacts, or engaging technology - that illuminate the detailed story of Washington's life, including his military and presidential careers.

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Discovery Science Center

Lexington's technical designers and artisans worked closely with Discovery Science Center and designer Steve Brooks to develop this Dino Quest through maquettes, prototypes and mock-ups. This huge interactive outdoor exhibit - over 67-feet long and 27-feet tall - is fabricated of steel and fiberglass, creating a very lifelike dinosaur. Visitors enter the two-story-tall dino belly and manipulate parts of the dinosaur to learn how body systems work and relate to each other through a series of interactive exhibits

Lexington also built an 85-foot-high rocket that stands outside the Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana, clearly visible from the 5 freeway. It is a scientifically accurate, full-size reproduction of the fairing of NASA's Delta III rocket and sits above a real rocket assembly donated by Boeing.

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PURE Catalina

This visitor center on Catalina Island teaches guests the importance of protecting endemic plant and animal species. The exhibit consists of graphic panels decorated with real oak branches, mounted props and specimens, and custom carved wood signs.

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Titanic: The Legend Continues

This very popular museum attraction, allows guests to relive the splendor of the Titanic and share in the inspirational personal stories of those aboard. Under the art direction of Idletime Networks, Lexington recreated many of the various rooms, including the Grand Staircase, Dome, Dining Salon, 1st and 3rd Class State Rooms. An immense attention to detail was paid to create this completely immersive visitor experience.

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The Museum of the Cherokee Indian

The Museum of the Cherokee Indian is an encompassing natural environment with an extensive artifact collection. Lexington designed and built forty cases that house Cherokee artifacts. More than twenty murals were created as backdrops for artifacts and settings, the largest mural being 40' long and 14' tall. Some other elements include foliage, rockwork, sculptures and replicated Cherokee architecture such as traditional dock housing and mud huts. Common items such as pottery and furniture were created for set dressing to be handled safely and with durability by museum guests.

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Kennedy Space Center

In the new Apollo/Saturn V Visitor Center, Lexington created the 7,000 square foot Future Exploration Gallery from concept design through installation. This environment was themed to represent a futuristic Mars Planet and included virtual space images, an interactive Rover experience, and an educational station with an interactive CD ROM.

Additional areas were designed and produced by BRC Imagination Arts; they include the Mood Theater, Rocket Center, and Firing Room. These areas were developed, built and installed by Lexington.

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Kidspace Children's Museum

Located in Pasadena, CA, Kidspace Children's Museum opened in December 2004. Kids dig, learn about fossils and the evolution of earthquakes, ride trikes, and climb 40 feet into the air on two indoor climbing towers. Kidspace is the only Los Angeles-based museum committed to creating exhibits and programs that promote exploration, investigation, and expression in young children.

Lexington designed and developed over 4,000 square feet of interior learning environments full of participatory hands on exhibits, retail space and two acres of outdoor discovery elements. Interactive exhibits were created to enhance the principles of early childhood education. A featured element of Kidspace is the spectacular broken glass and mirror Kaleidoscope portal where visitors enter the Museum by walking through a passageway of stunning color, sound and light effect.

Iconic elements of Kidspace are the two climbing towers. As well as doing the technical design, engineering, fabrication and installation, Lexington worked with the City of Pasadena helping to write the approval code for these never-been-done-before exhibits.

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