The Thompson Exhibition Building was designed for Mystic Seaport, Museum of America and the Sea, as a keynote building for the 19-acre riverfront campus. The project?s mission was to transform the north end of the Seaport to greatly enhance the quality of exhibition space and to offer a more robust year-round experience for visitors.

© Jeff Goldberg

Architects: Centerbrook Architects and Planners

Location: Mystic, Stonington, CT, United States

Architect In Charge: Chad Floyd, FAIA; Charles G. Mueller, AIA, ALA

Area: 21.681 ft2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Jeff Goldberg, ESTO Photographics

Construction Manager: A/Z Corporation

Kohler Ronan: MEP/FP
Structural: DeStefano & Chamberlain Inc.

Lighting: George Sexton Associates

Landscape: Kent + Frost Landscape Architecture

Civil: Stadia Engineering Associates

Code Consultant: P.R. Sherman Inc.

© Jeff Goldberg

The Thompson Exhibition Building was designed for Mystic Seaport, Museum of America and the Sea, as a keynote building for the 19-acre riverfront campus. The project?s mission was to transform the north end of the Seaport to greatly enhance the quality of exhibition space and to offer a more robust year-round experience for visitors.

© Jeff Goldberg

The building is located where the Se...