National Comedy Center
Jamestown, New York, USA
Services:
- Master planning
- Writing and content development
- Exhibit planning and design
- Graphic design
- Executive media production
- Project management
- Art direction
Best New Museum - USA today 10Best Readers' Choice 2020
One of the "The World's 100 Greatest Places of 2019" - TIME
"We can understand why Time magazine listed it as one of the 100 greatest places (in the world!) to visit in 2019. It’s that good." - Philadelphia Enquirer
One of the "100 Reasons to Love America in 2019" - People Magazine
Best New Museum - USA Today 10Best Readers' Choice 2019
...one of the best museums in the country." - Condé Nast Traveler
"a wildly immersive, interactive comedy environment designed to make everyone LOL" - Boston Globe
"If a good joke typically disrupts expectations, toys with tastes, and brings unusual pleasure, the National Comedy Center is a very good joke." - The Wall Street Journal
"A real destination for everyone who likes to laugh" - CBS News
"...the National Comedy Center, having already earned itself a congressional designation, will have no problem drawing comics and their connoisseurs to Jamestown." - The Guardian
"One of the most entertaining, engaging museums I've experienced in years." - The Cleveland Plain Dealer
"The center is stunning in substance, and in form and we called it the future of all museum design." - The Interrobang
"Dazzling" and "innovative" - Fodor's
"The best museum you've never heard of" - Minneapolis Star-Tribune
One of the "The World's 100 Greatest Places of 2019" - TIME
"We can understand why Time magazine listed it as one of the 100 greatest places (in the world!) to visit in 2019. It’s that good." - Philadelphia Enquirer
One of the "100 Reasons to Love America in 2019" - People Magazine
Best New Museum - USA Today 10Best Readers' Choice 2019
...one of the best museums in the country." - Condé Nast Traveler
"a wildly immersive, interactive comedy environment designed to make everyone LOL" - Boston Globe
"If a good joke typically disrupts expectations, toys with tastes, and brings unusual pleasure, the National Comedy Center is a very good joke." - The Wall Street Journal
"A real destination for everyone who likes to laugh" - CBS News
"...the National Comedy Center, having already earned itself a congressional designation, will have no problem drawing comics and their connoisseurs to Jamestown." - The Guardian
"One of the most entertaining, engaging museums I've experienced in years." - The Cleveland Plain Dealer
"The center is stunning in substance, and in form and we called it the future of all museum design." - The Interrobang
"Dazzling" and "innovative" - Fodor's
"The best museum you've never heard of" - Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Project Description:
The National Comedy Center is very much a laughing matter: the first state-of-the-art museum to celebrate the history of American comedic icons and innovators. Since we all have different thoughts about what we find funny, visitors get to experience comedy tailored to their tastes through an RFID bracelet. More than 50 exhibits let guests explore comedy history from vaudeville to viral memes, try their hand at comedy writing and stand-up, and take part in games and competitions. Guests can also go behind the scenes to see the process of creating comedy, and its elevation into an entertainment art form.
Jamestown, NY (pop. 35,000), the hometown of the Center and its greatest champion, Lucille Ball, hopes to attract over 100,000 visitors each year. The potential economic and cultural impact of the Center has been deemed so significant that the US government has designated the museum the “Official National Comedy Center of the United States”.
Video courtesy National Comedy Center and Cortina Productions.
Photo credit: Jay Rosenblatt Photography.
Jamestown, NY (pop. 35,000), the hometown of the Center and its greatest champion, Lucille Ball, hopes to attract over 100,000 visitors each year. The potential economic and cultural impact of the Center has been deemed so significant that the US government has designated the museum the “Official National Comedy Center of the United States”.
Video courtesy National Comedy Center and Cortina Productions.
Photo credit: Jay Rosenblatt Photography.







