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Topaz Museum in Delta, Utah
Contemporary Visitors Centre in USA – design by Sparano + Mooney Architecture
Sep 7, 2018
Topaz Museum
Design: Sparano + Mooney Architecture
Location: Delta, Utah, USA
Topaz Museum

The Topaz Museum, located in Delta, Utah, is an 8000 SF cultural facility that provides information and interpretation regarding the internment of more than 11,000 Japanese Americans that occurred during WWII at the nearby Topaz Internment Camp site. The team was able to deliver this project to the client on a compressed schedule (3 months for design and construction documents) and within a very tight budget ($135 SF).
The Museum includes a 3,700 SF exhibit space that tells the story of Topaz, organized in a chronological time-line of events. The exhibit includes interpretive panels with photography, cutting-edge computer technology installations, artifacts and art from the Camp, a historically accurate re-creation of one of the barracks, a scale model of the Camp, and historic perspectives, to engage and educate the public about the internment. In addition to the exhibit, the Museum provides an Education/Orientation auditorium that includes a film component; a 700 SF secure curatorial storage area that houses art, crafts, and artifacts from the Camp; and a 3,600 SF outdoor courtyard space which includes a restored Recreation Hall structure from the Camp.
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