Museum Exhibition Scope of Work Template

Planning a museum exhibition requires meticulous coordination between curators, designers, conservators, and installation teams. This museum exhibition scope of work template helps cultural institutions, independent curators, and exhibition design agencies define every detail of an exhibition project—from curatorial concept to final installation—in one comprehensive, professional document.

Whether you're planning a temporary exhibition, permanent gallery installation, or traveling show, this template guides you through capturing the complete project scope. Document your curatorial narrative and thematic approach, specify artifact selections with condition requirements, outline display design specifications including cases and mounts, detail lighting and environmental controls, and establish clear timelines for fabrication and installation.

Paperform makes it easy to create exhibition scope documents that look as polished as the exhibitions themselves. The doc-style editor lets you combine headings, images, and detailed specification fields to create branded SOW documents that can be shared with stakeholders, contractors, and lending institutions. Use conditional logic to show different requirements based on exhibition type—contemporary art installations require different specifications than historical artifacts.

Once your scope is defined, connect it to Stepper (stepper.io) to automate the entire exhibition workflow. Automatically create approval processes for artifact loans, trigger fabrication orders when design specs are finalized, notify installation teams when cases arrive, and keep conservation staff updated on environmental monitoring requirements. Turn your SOW from a static document into the foundation of your entire project management system.

For institutions requiring formal agreements with artists, lenders, or contractors, Papersign (papersign.com) lets you turn approved scopes into binding contracts with secure eSignatures, maintaining a complete audit trail from concept to opening night.