Citizen science, art, and history come together to delight and inform everyone—whether experienced divers or first-time ocean visitors.
REEF Environmental Education Foundation has been a champion for the oceans for over 30 years. At their new world-class Ocean Exploration Center, opening in 2025, visitors will explore exhibits, classrooms, and lab spaces as they are introduced to the underwater world of reef fish. Interactive exhibits will tell the stories of REEF’s international citizen science initiatives and create opportunities for all visitors to connect to the ocean, regardless of age, ability or background.
KEY LARGO, FL
The FRAME team has developed exhibits and experiences that convey the wonders of the ocean habitats, as well as the inspiring work of the REEF organization. The “dry survey” welcomes visitors to locate and identify the over 100 fish species featured throughout the Center!
Renderings by Karoo Design Visualization, with FRAME.
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Size: 4,000 SF Building, 2 acre site
Completion: June 2025
Fish Species featured: 101!
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Exhibit Design and Content: Alissa at FRAME, CraigSundine Design, Doug Munday Design, JWL Design, Rachel Moritz, Jill Randerson
Exhibit Fabrication: Intention Space
Building Contractor: CBT Construction
AV Design: Angle Park
Renderings: Karoo Design Visualization
“Working with FRAME has been an extraordinary experience. Their ability to transform complex ideas into engaging, visitor-centered designs is unmatched.
Their expertise, practical approach, and detail-oriented coordination across a dynamic and complex process have been impressive and kept the project on timeline and within budget. FRAME is more than a design firm—they are true partners in bringing stories to life.“
~Martha Klitzkie, Co-Executive Director: Strategy & Operations,
Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF)