Michael Mercadante Principal/Project Manager
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michael mercadante principal/project manager professional experience A registered architect in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Michael directs all dimensional design aspects of Main Street’s work. He is an experienced designer and project manager who is especially skilled at transforming conceptual directions into buildable designs, and then ensuring that they are properly built. Michael earned his degree in architecture from the University of Notre Dame, where his studies included a year at the University’s architecture program in Rome, Italy. He apprenticed in several architectural oYces before receiving his professional registration, and since 1983 has worked exclusively in the field of interpretive exhibit design. selected projects Access/Ability, Boston Children’s Museum Aquatics Exhibit Master Plan, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution Arctic Voices, Science North Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook, California State Parks Boston Land and Manufacturing Company Store, Cuyahoga Valley National Park Buffalo Zoo Master Plan, Zoological Society of Buffalo Cal. S Taggart Bighorn Canyon Visitor Center, Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area Children’s Zoo, Franklin Park Zoo Convoy Point Visitor Center, Biscayne National Park Cumberland Visitor Center, C&O Canal National Historical Park Early Home, Visitor Center and Homestead, Andrew Johnson National Historic Site Entrance and Florida: Mission Everglades, Zoo Miami Grizzly Ridge, Akron Zoo Entryway, Western Expansion, American Biome, and Herpetarium, El Paso Zoo Frazee House, Cuyahoga Valley National Park Giant Panda Museum, Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding Grasslands Master Plan, National Zoological Park Gulf Coast Visitor Center, Everglades National Park Habitat Hollow, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium Interpretive Master Plan, Fresno Chaffee Zoo Main Street Design michael mercadante pg. 2 Maritime Museum Of Monterey, Monterey History and Art Association McNeil Avian Center, Philadelphia Zoo Montana Heritage Center Master Plan, Montana Historical Society New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, New Mexico Office of Cultural Affairs Okeeheelee Nature Center, Okeeheelee Park, Palm Beach County Olsen House Visitor Center, Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear Perry’s Victory Visitor Center, Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial Prairie, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution Research Center and Veterinary Hospital, Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge Education Center, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service San Diego River Discovery Center, San Diego River Foundation San Diego Zoo, Giant Panda Exhibit Sarah Allison Steffee Center for Zoological Medicine, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo St. George’s Heritage Interpretation Programme, St. George’s Foundation The Science of Ripley’s Believe It or Not!, Science North Think Tank, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution Virginia Zoo Master Plan, Virginia Zoo Visitor Center, Main House and Interpretive Gallery, Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site Visitor Center, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management Welcome Center at Valley Forge, Valley Forge National Historical Park Wild Like Me, Zoo Atlanta Wildlife Rescue, Science North Zion Visitor Center, Zion National Park education 1980 University of Notre Dame, Bachelor of Architecture 1978 Rome Studies Program, Rome, Italy Main Street Design.