With this Request for Proposals (“RFP”), the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (“CMHR”) is soliciting proposals to provide exhibition build services, including fabrication, engineering drawings, graphic production, installation, and packing and crating for the following mixed-media exhibition. The successful Proponent will contribute to the final design of the exhibit by collaborating with a partner that the CMHR has designated for the design services.
Title: Love in a Dangerous Time: Canada’s LGBT Purge
When: Exhibition readiness is January 17, 2025, and public launch is January 30, 2025.
Location: The 4000-square-foot exhibition will be on display in the CMHR’s 5000-square-foot Level 1 Gallery and will then travel.
The CMHR intends to offer this exhibition for international tour following its display in Winnipeg. As such, elements of the exhibition need to be designed with travelling in mind, ensuring ease in transport and installation, using robust, durable materials suited to long-term display, international travel (likely Canada and USA) and strike/restrikes of the exhibition.
There are five (5) activities within this Exhibit Build:
- Exhibition Engineering and Fabrication
- Graphic Production
- Travel Preparation: Crate Design and Fabrication, Packing and Crating Plans, Development of Installation Guide
- Shipping to the CMHR
- Installation at the CMHR
