The professionals at Museum Insights bring extensive museum experience to the planning process. We have worked for many years as both museum staff members and as museum planning professionals. 

Guy Hermann founded Museum Insights after working as Director of Museum Planning for the architecture firm of Verner Johnson and Associates in Boston for 9 years, where he led dozens of museum planning projects. He also worked as Chief Information Officer at Mystic Seaport Museum, one of the country’s largest history museums, where he gained an in-depth understanding of every part of a museum’s operations.

Because he has worked extensively as both a museum professional and as a planning professional, Guy has an unmatched understanding of the broad range of issues that need to be addressed in museum planning.  (complete resume)

Jo-Anne Crystoff specializes in facility assessment and site planning.  She brings a unique perspective to the firm’s work as a licensed building contractor, a successful real estate developer, and a certified landscape designer with a special interest in sustainable landscape and building practices.

Jo-Anne assisted with the architectural assessment of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, the facility and landscape assessments for the Valley Falls Farm in Vernon, Connecticut, and the Old Lighthouse Museum in Stonington, Connecticut. She is currently working on the planning for the Wilson Museum in Castine, Maine and the Buffalo Bill Museum in Golden, Colorado.

Jo-Anne holds a Bachelors degree from Vassar College, a certificate in Landscape Design from Harvard University, and a Masters degree in Environmental Science from Clark University.

Museum Planning is a Team Effort
Master planning is a team effort and often requires multiple consultants. Because each project is different, we work with many architectural, interpretive planning, exhibit design, economic research, fundraising, and market assessment firms. A few firms we have worked with  and recommend include:

1. •    AKRF
   

2. •    Atelier Christian de Portzamparc
   

3. •    Andre & Associates
   

4. •    BRC Imagination Arts
   

5. •    Economic Stewardship
   

6. •    Gallagher and Associates
   

7. •    Hands On!
   

8. •    Harold Skramstad Consulting
   

9. •    Hilferty & Associates
   

10. •    Manask Associates
    

11. •    Musaic Design Group
    

12. •    object|IDEA
    

13. •    Punt Consulting
    

14. •    Roberts Consulting