Paragon Creative Ltd Unit 8, Harrier Court, Airfield Business Park, Elvington, York, YO41 4EA, England www.paragon-creative.co.uk T: +44 (0) 01904 608020 F: +44 (0) 01904 608011 E: [email protected] W: www.paragon-creative.co.uk
Paragon Creative is part of Paragon Entertainments Limited Chocolate, York
2 www.paragon-creative.co.uk Our company
Paragon Creative Ltd is one of the largest and best equipped creative workshops in Europe, offering an impressive range of integrated services. Since 1987 we have earned our reputation as the leading independent scenic, theming, model making, interactives and specialist fit-out facility. We would welcome the opportunity to work for you on your next project. If you can imagine it – we can make it happen.
With over 40,000 sq ft of work space and studios television, architecture, fine art, the military and in York and London we provide a broader range of engineering. services than any other creative design and build Our site installation crews have gained international company, making us one of the largest and best experience, often working in difficult locations. They of our kind in Europe. tackle situations with ingenuity, professionalism and Paragon Creative has been involved in over 1000 resourcefulness. Our in-house project and production projects in more than 26 countries around the managers deliver on time, within budget and with world. For over 25 years we have completed the creative flair for which Paragon is renowned. projects for museums, heritage centres, aquariums, The company has substantial experience in design agencies, architects, science centres, theme estimating, costing, project management, site parks, interpretation centres, stately homes, FECs, management, procurement and CDM regulatory nightclubs, bars, corporations, advertising agencies, administration. Our management team is hands- television and film production companies, theatres, on and personally involved in each and every leisure centres, visitor attractions and retail companies. project. From our UK facility we combine traditional Paragon is fortunate to employ an exceptionally craftsmanship with the latest technology to produce talented team, hand-picked from a variety of work that is creative, practical, reliable, innovative backgrounds such as construction, theatre, film, and cost-effective.
www.paragon-creative.co.uk 3 Our services
Design • Sculpture and public art • Structural steel framing • Concept and spatial design • Styrene and urethane carving out for thematic facades • Design development and coating • Sculptural, reproduction • Production and technical design • Aquarium dry-side and and heritage work • Interactive and engineering design in-tank theming • Armature and mount making • Electronic and software design • MIG and TIG welding • Graphic design and print GRP Production • CNC milling, routing and management • Production mould making laser cutting • Waste mould making Joinery and Fit-Out • GRP and composite casting Model Making • Museum, visitor centre, theme • Paint and surface finishing • Architectural models park and retail fit-out • Landscape models • Scenery and setworks Interactive Engineering • Historic models • Cabinetry • Design development and • White card models • Display joinery and plinths engineering design • Laser cutting and etching • CNC routing • Mechanical and electro- • CNC machining • Corian forming and fabrication mechanical interactives • Resin casting and acrylics • Laminating • AV and screen based • Vacuum forming interactives • Animation and lighting Scenic and Theming • Electronics design / production • Prototypes and props • Scenery and setworks • Process control and programming • Artificial landscapes • PCB manufacture Management Services • Carved and impressed sprayed • Electro-mechanical control • Project management concrete systems • Estimating and cost • Costumed figures • Electronic displays management • Prop-making and replicas • CDM management • Scenic painting Metalwork • Contract management • Facades and dioramas • Steel and aluminium • Site and sub-contract • Set dressing fabrication and welding management
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Our in-house design team is responsible for developing the initial concept designs of a project into detailed production designs which can then be built and installed within the given budgets.
Materials, assemblies, fixings, structures and accurate incorporation of our thematic elements prototypes are assessed to ensure practicable and other contractors’ spacial and technical and safe solutions whilst retaining the aesthetic requirements. It also guarantees accurate intent of the client and designer. dimensional and template information to fit-out, base build and graphic contractors. We use the latest computer aided design and analysis software – AutoCAD 3D, Rhino 3D, We also undertake design assessment for the Solidworks and Creative Suite. This ensures all purposes of value engineering and economies designs, mechanisms, principals and dimensions can often be found that do not adversely affect are proven prior to manufacture and ensures the the final product or visitor experience.
6 www.paragon-creative.co.uk Design and build
We also provide a complete turnkey package of project design and build services. More and more of our clients are finding that a combined package from one source offers substantial cost and time savings, especially beneficial on fast track projects.
Our turnkey service includes concept design, of the total package under our one roof. Our research and interpretation, design development, extended family of proven and specialist production design, off-site construction and companies includes audio-visual hardware fabrication, transportation and full fit-out and software specialists, lighting and electrical installation. specialists and graphic production houses, who all work closely with us as an integral part of Whether your project is a commercial or retail fit- our integrated team approach. out, an individual gallery or a complete museum, a visitor attraction, a science centre or a theme We work worldwide, regardless of the size or park project, we have all the major elements complexity of the project.
www.paragon-creative.co.uk 7 Joinery and finishing
Our joinery department provides everything from bespoke cabinet and caseworks, through to structures, facades and setworks for theming projects and bespoke joinery for museums and visitor centres.
Backed up by our CAD designers, CNC routers, extracted paint booths and can offer high and low Corian forming ovens and our 10,000 sq ft pressure spraying along with traditional techniques workspace, there is little our joiners cannot create such as marbling and lacquer work. using either traditional bench skills and traditional We pre-fabricate and assemble off-site as much materials and hardwoods, or by using cutting edge of our large scale constructions as possible. techniques and modern solid surfacing materials to This ensures that what goes to site fits together, create contemporary organic or geometric designs. reducing site time, and allows clients and Our finishing department can apply numerous designers to see nearly completed items before paints, lacquers and finishes. We have two fully site installation.
8 www.paragon-creative.co.uk Joinery and finishing Metalwork
Our metalwork department has a wide skill base, staffed by time served welders and fabricators, architectural and sculptural forgers and metal smiths.
We work in a wide selection of materials including high value artifacts or more intricate items such mild steel, stainless steel, aluminium, iron, brass as highly ornate replica chandeliers, weather and copper. We have full in-house rolling, folding, vanes or metallic replica artifacts and props. bending, cutting and TIG welding, MIG welding Many members of the department are coded and braising. welders who have worked on substantial and Our versatile team can, at any one time, be exacting structures and complex forms in highly producing huge structural supports for large scale demanding interior and exterior environments. thematic facades, recreations of industrial or Additionally our in-house services are backed up military machinery, key metallic elements and by laser cutting, water jet cutting and powder structures for our interactives, bespoke mounts for coating facilities.
www.paragon-creative.co.uk 9 Fit-out
Increasingly clients and designers are asking us to undertake a complete fit-out package, where we take charge of the entire project.
Paragon is well positioned to undertake the role of decorators, electricians, flooring companies, main, or principal contractor. We are able to provide graphic designers, printers, lighting designers more services in-house than any other contractor, and showcase manufacturers are just a few of meaning efficient coordination and project the specialist subcontractors we work with on management and greater cost-effectiveness. a regular basis. When necessary we support our own team with a When we combine these services together with number of tried and tested subcontractors, who are our own we are able to offer a seamless fit-out themselves leaders in their specific fields. Audio- service which is cost-effective and in need of visual hardware suppliers, software developers, minimal coordination.
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1 Florya Aquarium, Istanbul 2 Royal Armouries, Leeds 3 Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Scotland 4 Battle Abbey, Hastings 5 St Peter’s Church, Barton upon Humber 6 Tower of London
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1 Tournament Gallery at Royal Armouries, Leeds 2 Hull and East Riding Museum 3 Warwick Castle 4 Bayer, Tower of London 5 Ripley’s Believe It or Not! London 6 Florya Aquarium, Istanbul 7 Titanic Belfast 8 Lincoln Museum 9 Hull and East Riding Museum 10 Ripley’s Believe It or Not! London 11 Henry VIII, Tower of London 12 Croydon Museum
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1 Florya Aquarium, Istanbul 2 Enginuity, Ironbridge 3 Shaping a Nation, Edinburgh 4 Prestat, Harrods 5 The Deep, Hull 6 Bacardi Visitor Centre, Puerto Rico
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Paragon Creative is one of Europe’s leading scenic and theming specialists. We utilise our artistic skills to create amazing environments which engage the senses, stimulate the emotions and totally immerse the visitor in an alternative reality.
We have tackled some of the most difficult scenic treatments to enable us to overcome the most work available in the most demanding conditions challenging circumstances. imaginable. Our knowledge of the best scenic and Many members of our scenic teams have thematic methods and materials to use is a key backgrounds in theatre, film and television and ingredient of our expertise. are degree professionals in the fine arts. Our We know what will withstand the wear and tear scenic artists are well versed in techniques such of millions of visitors and what will stand the as distressing and ageing, ragging, wood graining test of time in difficult interior and harsh exterior and texturing. environments. We have created our own thematic
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1 Chocolate, York 2 Space Centre, Bremen 3 Bovington Tank Museum 4 Ski Dubai 5 Ripley’s Believe It or Not! London 6 Titanic Belfast
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1 Florya Aquarium, Istanbul 2 Children’s Civilisation and Creativity Museum, Cairo 3 Streetlife Museum, Hull 4 Segaworld, Trocadero, London 5 The Deep, Hull 6 Bacardi Visitor Centre, Puerto Rico 7 Palmach Museum, Israel 8 Florya Aquarium, Istanbul 9 Clydebuilt 10 Titanic Belfast 11 SAW The Ride, Thorpe Park 12 Slime, The Deep, Hull
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1 Bioscope, France 2 Richmond Theatre 3 Space Centre, Bremen 4 Bovington Tank Museum 5 Ice Age Movie Park, Germany 6 SAW The Ride, Thorpe Park
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We pride ourselves in producing artificial rock-scapes and coral-scapes which replicate the look and feel of the natural environment.
Our in-tank aquarium processes produce hyper by our team. Numerous highly realistic and highly realistic and non-toxic theming which is hand- durable rock, stone, brick or architectural forms crafted to produce coralline rock walls and coral can be created with this process. The material can outcrops which can be used to enhance the be re-pigmented and also post painted to give the overall tank, but also conceal in-tank pipe work desired finish and colours. This process can also and life support services. be used to create structural, load bearing and self Much of the theming is hand sculpted and supporting structures as required. moulded in our workshops utilising specialist Recent projects have included the theming of marine accredited materials and then taken to the largest privately owned aquarium in the UK site for the in-tank installation and finishing. at Heron Tower in the City of London, containing This unique process is preferred on many projects, 1,200 fish; in-tank giant mangrove tree buttresses over the ‘sprayed rock’ techniques, as it reduces and rockwork walls at The Deep in Hull, one site time and disruption and minimises curing and of the world’s most spectacular aquariums; off-gassing time within the tanks. the creation of a huge dry-side subterranean On large scale tanks and also on dry-side and cave complex and extensive in-tank theming at exterior projects, we utilise our ‘concrete’ spraying Istanbul’s new national aquarium and extensive skills. A special mix material is wet sprayed on to rockworks at Cairo’s new Children’s Civilisation pre-formed structural armatures and ‘live’ sculpted and Creativity Museum.
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1 Heron Tower, London 2 Children’s Civilisation and Creativity Museum, Cairo 3 Rheged Visitor Centre 4 The Deep, Hull 5 Children’s Civilisation and Creativity Museum, Cairo 6 The Deep, Hull
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1 The Deep, Hull 2 Bovington Tank Museum 3 Florya Aquarium, Istanbul 4 Children’s Civilisation and Creativity Museum, Cairo 5 Hull and East Riding Museum 6 Florya Aquarium, Istanbul
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Paragon has developed an industry wide reputation for providing technically innovative, durable and cost-effective solutions for interactive displays.
We have produced thousands of interactive the shelf’ solutions and creating bespoke displays for many well-known museums and control and interfaces). Our team is used to visitor centres and have developed an unbeatable liaising closely with AV, software and other reputation for providing technically innovative and technical contractors to ensure compatibility cost-effective hands-on exhibits. Our inventive and integration of systems. interactives invite visitors to look, touch, twist, Throughout the build stage we ensure the pull, push, turn, pump, jump and learn. They are highest levels of build and finish. As we do designed to be robust, tough and reliable. not rely on sub-contractors for the majority We are also the only interactives company in of our work, we can ensure consistency with Europe with in-house joinery, scenic, theming, quality, fit, finish and schedule. We ensure team prop making, graphic design and model making continuity throughout the project. The design all under the same roof. This enables us to create and build team will also be part of the install interactives which are very cost-effective and and commissioning team. whose design and development can be closely It is paramount that the client team who will and efficiently integrated into a fit-out programme. be operating the interactive areas have an Our in-house interactive department consists understanding of the technical aspects and of design development, electronic design and maintenance of the displays. We supply detailed production, process control and programming, O&M manuals and undertake training with metal fabrication and welding, mechanical and the client team at installation stage to ensure electro-mechanical engineering, CNC milling, efficient hand over of the finished project. We routing and laser cutting. Our internal electronics warranty all our work for a period of 12 months department offers technically advanced which covers all support, site visits, parts and design, development and manufacturing labour. If required we can extend this warranty services covering software, programming, PCB period or enter into an on-going maintenance manufacture, electro-mechanical control systems contract to ensure that the visitor experience and electronic display and AV (both utilising ‘off continues to be of the highest standard.
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1 V&A Museum of Childhood 2 Collins Barracks Museum, Dublin 3 Florya Aquarium, Istanbul 4 V&A Museum of Childhood 5 Science Museum, London 6 Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh
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1 London Transport Museum 2 Heineken Experience, Amsterdam 3 Cats, National Museum Scotland 4 Bank Negara, Malaysia 5 The Zone, National Museum Scotland 6 Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh 7 St. Peter’s Church, Barton Upon Humber 8 Little Liverpool, Museum of Liverpool 9 Sea City Museum, Southampton 10 Children’s Civilisation and Creativity Museum, Cairo 11 Royal Armouries, Leeds 12 Royal Armouries, Leeds
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1 Wilberforce House, Hull 2 The Zone, National Museum Scotland 3 Children’s Civilisation and Creativity Museum, Cairo 4 Royal Armouries, Leeds 5 Ripley’s Believe It or Not! London 6 Tower of London
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Nothing can convey physical and spacial reality, and generate interest and understanding, quite like a scale model.
We have been making models for architects, By combining our other in-house specialisms of museums, developers and engineers for over 25 electronics and programming, models can be years. Regardless of size and complexity we can animated with LED lighting, moving parts and produce anything from a basic white card model cyclic routines, controlled remotely through a through to a fully detailed scale model. PC or custom made control unit or interfaced with AV presentations. We can work from a simple sketch through to CAD based plans and elevations. Our in-house processes We can provide plinths for your model in various include laser cutting, laser etching, CNC machining, finishes and styles, with glass or acrylic covers. resin casting and vacuum forming. We work in a To extend the life of your model we can offer a wide range of materials including; timber, acrylics, renovating and repair service. We also provide metals, foams and composites. a crating service for worldwide transportation.
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1 Aberfeldy Distillery 2 Capital 88, Barbados 3 Docklands Museum, London 4 Museum of London 5 Dubai World Trade Centre 6 Ancient House, Norfolk
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1 Greenwich Discovery Centre 2 Dubai World Trade Centre 3 Giants Causeway, Northern Ireland 4 Charles Church 5 St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly 6 Blue Ridge, Portugal
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Super-sized or pint-sized, coloured or monochrome, real-life or fantasy. In Paragon’s props workshop and sculpting studios almost anything is possible.
Our prop makers have strong backgrounds in renowned artists and sculptors to create one off theatre, film and television and we also understand works of art, editions or public art installations. and can create, the exceptional quality required We work with blue chip corporate clients to when we are contracted to produce replicas for bring branding to life and we work with creative museums and the heritage industry. agencies to create that wow factor for a major event or launch. We have produced props for many Our sculptors work with many different materials well-known television series. including clay, polystyrene, urethanes and concrete. We produce casts in GRP and silicon and we also From the merest hint of an idea we can turn your employ colourists, costumiers and jewellers. We ideas into a three dimensional reality using years enjoy working with clients from all disciplines and of know-how, carefully sourced materials and a from all over the world. We also work with world large measure of Paragon magic.
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1 VW Autostadt Museum, Germany 2 Gordon Highlanders Museum, Scotland 3 SAW The Ride, Thorpe Park 4 Canterbury Tales 5 Titanic Belfast 6 Weston Park Museum, Sheffield
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1 Arabian Horse Museum, Dubai 2 Baxters Foods, Scotland 3 Thor Heyadahl display, Norway 4 Bremen Space Centre, Germany 5 Warhammer, Nottingham 6 Fighting Ships, Hartlepool
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Whatever the size of your project, it will be overseen by a dedicated project manager supported by our team of estimators, contract managers, site foremen, and project coordinators.
All members of our team have genuine hands-on Our project management services range from experience and they will be responsible for design stand-alone scenic, model making, or interactives development, site surveys, setting out, manufacture, contracting, through to undertaking the role of a and installation. Constant monitoring ensures that specialist sub-contractor, a main contractor, or as budgets are adhered to and that deadlines are met. the principal contractor. The sooner that we can get involved in a project the We have the skills and experience to ensure the better, because scenic, interactive and construction necessary compliance with CDM regulations and costs can be greatly reduced if we are able to the first-hand knowledge of the health and safety integrate with designers, architects and other implications of design decisions. specialist contractors at the earliest opportunity.
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1 Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds 2 Museum of London 3 Dunbrody Visitor Centre, Ireland 4 SAW The Ride, Thorpe Park 5 Ballater Station, Scotland 6 Transport for London training centre
www.paragon-creative.co.uk 35 • A Day At The Wells, Tunbridge Wells, UK and Minehead, UK • Environment Agency Mobile Display Unit, UK • Aarschot Museum, Belgium • Cadbury Museum, Bournville, UK • Eureka, Halifax, UK • Aberfeldy Distillery, Perthshire, Scotland • Callanish Interpretation Centre, • Falklands Visitor Centre, Falkland Islands • Airspace Imperial War Museum, Duxford, UK Isle of Lewis, UK • Fantasy Island, Skegness, UK • Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, UK • Canterbury Tales, Canterbury, UK • Farmland Museum, Cambridge, UK • Amora, London, UK • Captain Cook Museum, Middlesbrough, UK • Fiddlers Ferry Visitor Centre, Widnes, UK • Ancient House Museum, Thetford, UK • Cardiff Castle, Cardiff, Wales, UK • Fighting Ships, Hartlepool Historic Quay, UK • Animals at War, Imperial War Museum, • Carisbrooke Castle, UK • Firepower, Royal Artillery Museum, London, UK London, UK • Carlisle Castle, Cumbria, UK • Flag Fen Visitor Centre, UK • Antarctica Exhibition, Natural History Museum, • Carlisle Cathedral, UK • Florence Nightingale Museum, London, UK London, UK • Carrickfergus Castle, Antrim, Northern Ireland • Florya Aquarium, Isanbul, Turkey • Anything To Declare, Merseyside Museum, UK • Castle Museum, York, UK • Flying Scotsman, UK • Aquatopia, Antwerp, Belgium • Centre For Life, Newcastle, UK • Forgotten War, Imperial War Museum, • Arabian Horse Museum, Dubai, UAE • Chelsea Flower Show, London, UK Duxford, UK
Over 1000 projects
• Archaeolink, Aberdeenshire, Scotland • Children’s Civilization and Creativity Museum, • Fort Nelson, Portsmouth, UK • Armagh Story, Armagh, Ireland Cairo, Egypt • Fort Siloso, Singapore • Arsenal Football Museum, London, UK • City Limits, Croydon, Milton Keynes and Madrid • Frasier Historical Arms Museum, Louisville, • Athlone Castle, Ireland • Chocolate, York, UK USA • Atlantis the Palm, Dubai, UAE • Clara Bog Visitor Centre, Ireland • Furuviksparken, Sweden • Audley End House, UK • Cleve Abbey, Somerset, UK • Gas Across The Sea, Oljemuseum, Norway • Bacardi Visitor Centre, Puerto Rico • Clifford’s Tower, York, UK • Gatehouse Exhibition, Tonbridge Castle, UK • Bahrain National Monument, Bahrain • Clocktower Museum Croydon, UK • Giant’s Causeway Visitor Centre, Northern • Baileys Icon, Dublin, Ireland • Colour Museum Bradford, UK Ireland • Ballater Station, Ballater, Scotland • Conkers, Leicester, UK • Glenglassaugh Distillery, Scotland • Ballymena Braid Museum, Ireland • Costa Cafe – 10 UK Venues • Goodrich Castle, Herefordshire, UK • Bank Negara Museum, Malaysia • Cox’s Yard, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK • Gordon Highlanders Museum, Aberdeen, • Barnard Castle Visitor Centre, N Yorkshire, UK • Croydon Museum, Croydon, UK Scotland • Battle Abbey, Hastings, UK • Crystal Quest, Cheddar Showcaves, UK • Grace Darling Museum, Bamburgh, UK • Battlefield Heritage Centre, Warwickshire, UK • Culloden Visitor Centre, Inverness, Scotland • Granada Studios Tour, Manchester, UK • Battle of Aughrim Centre, Galway, Ireland • Danby Centre, North Yorkshire, UK • Granada TV, Manchester, UK • Bayer, Tower of London, UK • Darfur Village, Trafalgar Square, London, UK • Greenwich Museum, Greenwich, UK • Baxters Retail Stores, UK • Darlington Soft Play Centre, UK • Gressenhall Museum, Norwich, UK • Beck Isle Museum, Pickering, UK • Dangerpoint, Holywell, UK • Grona Lund, Stockholm, Sweden • Beaverbrooks, London, UK • Dartmouth Castle, Dartmouth, UK • Hamburg Dungeon, Hamburg, Germany • Belsay Hall, Northumberland, UK • Devenish Island, Fermanagh, Northern Ireland • Hands On History, Royal Armouries, Leeds, UK • Berry Pomeroy Castle, Devon, UK • Didcot Railway Museum, Didcot, UK • Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, UK • Bioscope Ungersheim, Alsace, France • Dinefwr Castle and Park, Wales, UK • Hardwick Park, Durham, UK • Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, UK • Dinopit, Natural History Museum, London, UK • Harrods Presat Retail, London, UK • Black Gold Rhondda Heritage Park, Wales, UK • Discovery Centre, Newcastle, UK • Hartlepool Museum, Hartlepool, UK • Blackburn Football Club Hospitality Centre, • Docklands Museum, London, UK • Heineken Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands Lancs, UK • Dover Castle, Dover, UK • Helmshore Mills, UK • Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, Blackburn, UK • Dragon Hall, Norwich, UK • Helmsley Castle, Helmsley, UK • Bloomsbury Church, London, UK • Dream of Battle, Warwick Castle, UK • Heron Tower Aquarium, London, UK • Blue Murder, ITV, Manchester, UK • Dressed To Kill – Henry VIII, Tower Of London, UK • Highland Games Heritage Centre, Braemar, • BMW Pavilion Expo 2000, Hanover, Germany • Dunbrody Visitor Centre, Ireland Scotland • Bolsover Castle, Derbyshire, UK • Dun Charla Bhagh, Scotland • Highland Park Distillery, Orkney Isles, Scotland • Bovington Tank Museum, Dorset, UK • Duncombe Park Visitor Centre, Helmsley, UK • Historic Royal Palaces, London, UK • Braehead Maritime Museum, Glasgow, Scotland • Dunluce Centre, Portrush, Northern Ireland • Historium Du Chateau, Fort De Sedan, France • Brent Museum, Brent, UK • Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh, Scotland • Horniman Museum, London, UK • British Life Today, Kiev, Ukraine • East Kilbride Visitor Centre, Scotland • Hotshots and Jumpin’ Jaks – 18 Venues, UK • British Pavilion Columbus ‘92, Genoa, Italy • Ecotech, Norfolk, UK • Hong Kong Wetland Park, China • Brockhole Visitor Centre, Cumbria, UK • Edinburgh Dungeons, Edinburgh, Scotland • Huddersfield Sports Bowl, Huddersfield, UK • Buckland Abbey, Buckland, UK • Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland • Hulks – Guildhall Museum, Rochester, UK • Burghley House, Stamford, Lincs, UK • Eldorado Liseberg, Gothenberg, Sweden • Hull and East Riding Museum, Hull, UK • Burns Cottage, Ayrshire, Scotland • Enginuity, Ironbridge, UK • Hunderfossen, Norway • Butlins Skegness, Bognor Regis • Enniskillen Castle, Northern Ireland • Hunter House, East Kilbride, Scotland
36 www.paragon-creative.co.uk • Ice Age Movie Park, Bottrop, Germany • North Yorks Moors Railway Visitor Centre, • Stirling Castle, Stirling, Scotland • Imaginosity, Dublin, Ireland Pickering, UK • Streetlife Museum, Hull, UK • Imperial War Museum, London, UK • Nubian Museum, Aswan, Egypt • Sunderland Museum, Sunderland, UK • Imperial War Museum Of The North, • Nuclear Electric Exhibition, Hartlepool, UK • Synchrotron Diamond Light Source, Harwell, Manchester, UK • O’neill – Flagship Stores Worldwide Oxfordshire, UK • Into The Thick – Black Country Museum, • Oakwood Leisure Park, Wales • Tameside Story, Tameside, UK Dudley, UK • Oljemuseum, Stavanger, Norway • Thackray Medical Museum, Leeds, UK • Jorvik Viking Centre, York, UK • Opel Live, Frankfurt, Germany • The American Museum in Britain, Bath, UK • Kabate Simulation Centre, Gallipoli, Turkey • Orkney Fossil and Heritage Centre, Burray, • The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port, UK • Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Orkney, UK • The Deep, Hull, UK Glasgow, Scotland • Oxford Story, Oxford, UK • The Gordon Highlanders Museum, • Khalifa Park, Abu Dhabi, UAE • Oxford University Press Museum, Oxford, UK Aberdeen, UK • Kings Lynn Old Gaol House, Kings Lynn, UK • Palmach Story, Tel Aviv, Israel • The Knights of Malta, Valletta, Malta • Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds, UK • Pendennis Castle, Cornwall, UK • The Museum of Lancashire, UK • Knight Ride, Carrickfergus, UK • Peoples’ Palace, Glasgow, Scotland • The Royal Armouries, Leeds, UK • Koksidje Abbey, Belgium • Peveril Castle, Derbyshire, UK • The Royal Mint, London, UK • La Tete Dans Les Nuages, Lille, France • Planaterium Science Centre, Alexandria, Egypt • The Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum, • Lancashire Fusiliers Museum, Bury, UK • Portland Castle, Dorset, UK Caernarfon, Wales • Leisure World, Hemel Hempstead, UK • Prescot Museum, UK • The Science of Spying, The Science Museum, UK • Leisure World, Southampton, UK • Richmond Castle, Richmond, UK • The Spirit of Arran, Isle Of Arran, Scotland • Les Zephyrs, Westende, Belgium • Richmond Theatre Museum, Richmond, UK • The Story of Rum, Whitehaven, UK • Lifewise Centre, Rotherham, UK • Rievaulx Abbey, Helmsley, UK • The Tower of London, UK • Lincoln Castle, Lincoln, UK • Ripley’s Believe It or Not! London, UK • The Trench, Imperial War Museum London, UK • Lincoln Museum, Lincoln, UK • Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Scotland. • The Twilight Zone, The Deep, Hull, UK • Linnamakki, Sweden • Robin Hood’s Bay Visitor Centre, North Yorks, UK • The Vole Run, Muncaster Castle, UK • Lisbon 100 Days, Lisbon, Portugal • Rochdale Arts & Heritage Centre, Rochdale, UK • The Wingfield Castle, Hartlepool, UK • Little Company of Mary Museum, Nottingham, UK • Rolls Royce Visitor Centre, Crewe, UK • The Zone, National Museum of Scotland, • Little Liverpool Gallery, Liverpool, UK • Roman Army Museum, Northumberland, UK Edinburgh • Locomotion, Shildon, UK • Roundhay Park Visitor Centre, Leeds, UK • Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum, UK • London Dungeon, London, UK • Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland • Thwaite Mills, Leeds, UK • London Transport Museum, London, UK • Royal Naval Museum, Portsmouth, UK • Tiger Tiger, London and Manchester, UK • Lowry Centre, Manchester, UK • Royal London Hospital, London, UK • Tiktaalik, The Deep, Hull, UK • Macau Museum, Macau • Rhymney Brewery Visitor Centre, Wales, UK • Tilbury Ordance, Essex, UK • Macdonalds Restaurants, UK • Russian Standard Visitor Centre, • Titanic Belfast, Belfast, UK • Majestyk Nightclub, Leeds, UK St. Petersburg, Russia • Topshop London, UK • Malaria Exhibition, UK • SAW – The Ride, Thorpe Park, UK • Torbaig Distillery, Skye, Scotland • Manchester Museum of Science and Industry, UK • SAW – The Horror Maze, Thorpe Park, UK • Tower Curing Works Museum, • Mansfield Park TV Production, UK • Science Museum, London, UK Great Yarmouth, UK • Manx Museum, Isle Of Man, UK • Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre, Edinburgh, • Tropical World, Leeds, UK • Maryport Visitor Centre, Maryport, UK Scotland • Tullie House Museum, Carlisle, UK • Mary Rose Museum, UK • Scottish Football Museum, Glasgow, Scotland • Turkuazoo Aquarium, Istanbul, Turkey • Masada, Isreal • Scottish Maritime Museum, Irvine, Scotland • Tyne and Wear Museum, Newcastle, UK • Metrocentre Gateshead, UK • Scottish Mining Museum, Edinburgh, Scotland • Tyntesfield Visitor Centre, Wraxall, Bristol, UK • Modernism, V&A Museum, London • Sea City, Southampton, UK • United Nations Refugee Agency, Trafalgar • Motherwell Industrial Heritage Centre, UK • Sea Life Centres – 23 Locations, UK Square, London, UK • Mother Shipton’s Cave, UK • Sea Monsters of The Deep, Cardiff, Wales • VW Automuseum, Wolfsberg, Germany • Museum of Childhood, London, UK • Segaworld, Trocadero, London, UK • Vegetable Kingdom, Cheshire, UK • Museum of Communication, Edinburgh, • Shakespearience, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK • Vinterbro, Oslo, Norway Scotland • Sheffield Hallam University, Yorks, UK • W5 Belfast, Northern Ireland • Museum of Liverpool, UK • Shogun, The Royal Armouries, Leeds, UK • Warhammer World Museum, Leicester, UK • Museum of London, UK • Skegness Pier, UK • Warwick Castle Dungeon, Warwick, UK • National Army Museum, London, UK • Ski Dubai, Dubai, UAE • Wedgwood Museum, Stoke-on-Trent, UK • National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland • Skillzone, Gloucester, UK • Weston Park Museum, Sheffield, UK • National Glass Centre, Sunderland, UK • Slave Trade Gallery Merseyside Museum, UK • Whisby Natural World, Lincolnshire, UK • National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK • Slime, The Deep, Hull, UK • Wilberforce House Museum, Hull, UK • National Railway Museum, York, UK • Southwell Workhouse, Notts, UK • Wild Britain, Bedford, UK • Natural History Museum, London, UK • Space Centre Bremen, Bremen, Germany • Wilderspin School, Barton on Humber, UK • Navan at Armagh, Northern Ireland • Sperrins Heritage Centre, Northern Ireland • Woolwich Arsenal Museum, London, UK • Nendrum Visitor Centre, Northern Ireland • Spy Museum, Bedfordshire, UK • World of Glass, St Helens, UK • Nestle Visitor Centre, Bluewater, UK • Stewart Park, Middlesborough, UK • World Rugby Museum, Twickenham, UK • New Museum of Reading, UK • SS Great Britain, UK • Wuthering Heights TV Production • Nightmare Niagara, American Adventure, UK • St Neots Museum, Cambridge, UK • Xscape, Castleford, UK • Noilly Prat Visitor Centre, Marseillan, France • St Peters Church, Barton upon Humber, UK • York Dungeon, York, UK • Normandy Landings, Imperial War Museum, • Star City, Warner Bros, Birmingham, UK • ZSL Whipsnade Zoo, UK Duxford • Star Trek World Tour, Hyde Park, UK • ZSL London Zoo, UK
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Projects in which we have been involved have won many awards including The Best Themed Museum, The Best Project on a Limited Budget and The Visitor Attraction of the Year Award for Outstanding Achievement.
Museum & Heritage Awards Museum & Heritage Awards THEA Award 2006: Best Project 2011: Permanent Exhibition 2007: Permanent Exhibition on a Limited Budget Winner Winner Winner The Robert Burns Birthplace Kelvingrove Art Gallery Ice Age Movie Park, Germany Museum, UK and Museum, UK Museum & Heritage Awards Museum & Heritage Awards Museum & Heritage Awards 2005: Permanent Exhibition 2011: Permanent Exhibition 2007: Heritage 365 Readers’ Winner Highly Commended Award Shildon Railway Museum, UK Museum Of London: Galleries Winner Of Modern London Weston Park Museum, UK UK Tourism Awards 2004: Best Visitor Attraction Museum & Heritage Awards Museum & Heritage Awards Winner 2010: Temporary Exhibition 2007: Heritage 365 Readers’ Enginuity, Ironbridge, UK Shortlisted Award Royal Armouries Museum and Commended Museum & Heritage Historic Royal Palaces: Henry VIII V&A Museum of Childhood, UK Awards 2003: Best Dressed To Kill, UK Permanent Exhibition Museum & Heritage Awards Winner Museum & Heritage Awards 2007: International Award The Deep, UK 2010: International Award Winner Shortlisted Hong Kong Wetland Park, China THEA Award 2002: The Heineken Experience, Best Permanent Museum Netherlands THEA Award 2007: Best Project Winner on a Limited Budget The Palmach Museum, Israel Art Fund Prize 2009: Winner Winner Ski Dubai, Dubai, UAE Wedgwood Museum, UK
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