Community members in the early years frequently helped put together the exhibitions, along with staff such as exhibit designer James E. Mayo.

The museum's main exhibit designer has said that "this is the way the president wanted to see his legacy defined."

The first priority of exhibit designers, he said, "is to showcase the vehicle itself."

Also our exhibit designers are working on exhibits for the building.

"It drove us to become exhibit designers first."

The booth's exterior, designed by Amy Forman, an exhibit designer, resembles the facade of an American house.

In addition to designing most of the permanent galleries, he was exhibit designer of hundreds of special exhibits ranging across all departments.

In 1999, an exhibit designer at a Boston museum encountered another way that following the rules can get in the way of doing business.

He says that by the late 1940's exhibit designers, hungry for wall space, had covered them over.

Live-animal curators work closely with exhibit designers and educators in selecting animals.