Sixty on Center is the creative practice of Ellen Richardson, partnering with museums, historic sites, cultural organizations, and multidisciplinary design teams to shape engaging visitor experiences through creative direction, exhibition design, and collaborative project leadership.
Museums, historic sites, and cultural organizations are entrusted with stories that matter. Turning those stories into meaningful visitor experiences requires more than good design—it requires thoughtful collaboration, clear strategy, and an understanding of how people engage with places, objects, and ideas.
The goal is always the same: to create experiences that are visually compelling, intellectually engaging, and grounded in each institution's mission, audience, and resources.
Ellen Richardson is an exhibition designer & creative director with two decades of experience designing exhibitions, interpretive experiences, and environmental graphics for museums, historic sites, nonprofit organizations, and cultural institutions.
Her career has spanned nationally recognized exhibition design firms, in-house museum leadership, and independent practice, providing a unique perspective on how successful projects come together from both the client and consultant side. That experience has shaped an approach that values listening before designing, collaboration over ego, and solutions that are as practical as they are creative.
Ellen is particularly drawn to projects that bring together historians, curators, architects, educators, and community stakeholders—helping diverse teams navigate complexity while creating experiences that feel intuitive, engaging, and memorable for visitors.