Precise
On target & on budget
Original interpretation of every kind.
Stories thatgive placesmeaning.
Engaging and imaginative interpretation, film and digital experiences for culture, heritage and environmental projects
Imaginative
Creative & hard working
Hand picked teams for your project.
Intelligent
100+ clients
Complex storylines made accessible to all.
We turn complex subjects into clear, engaging experiences.
Interpretation. Imagination. Know-how. More than 30 years of experience.
Culture. Heritage. Science. Environment.
Atacama helps museums, historic houses, visitor attractions, scientific and environmental organisations turn complex subjects into experiences people can understand, enjoy and remember.
We work directly with commissioning organisations and alongside museum, exhibition and interpretation designers, drawing on more than 30 years of relevant experience.
What we do
Experienced production teamsMultilingual nuanced translationExpert management & reportingFlawless delivery on timeWithin agreed budgets
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Interpretation & Design
Interpretation begins with the people you want to reach and what you want them to understand. We research the subject, find its central stories and shape how visitors encounter them across buildings, collections and landscapes.
02Film & Animation
We make films and animations that explain, reveal and connect. From a historic life to the workings of a scientific instrument, we find a visual approach that helps an audience understand the subject and feel its significance.
03Interactive & Digital
Digital interpretation can open up a collection, explain an unfamiliar object or give access to a part of a building that visitors cannot reach. We create clear, purposeful experiences whose technology serves the story.
04Environmental Communications
Environmental communication often asks people to understand difficult evidence and consider a change in behaviour. We bring interpretation, writing, design and moving image together to make those messages accessible and useful.
Planning gallery media? Explore AV & Museum Media
Selected work
Complex information and messages made comprehensible and accessible.
Explore projectMount Stuart Trust
Mount Stuart
Interpretation strategy and implementation for a historic Scottish island Estate
Explore project
Explore projectNatural England
Woodlands in Balance
Explaining the sensitive issue of managing wild deer populations throughout the UK
Explore projectEnglish Heritage
Marble Hill House
Widening access to the upper floors of the house through a bespoke Virtual Tour
For exhibition & interpretation designers
Bring us in to develop the narrative, create a film or animation, or deliver a connected package of interpretation and digital media.
We are used to working with designers, curators, architects and technical teams. You work directly with senior creative people and specialist collaborators assembled around the brief.
How we workA long view of interpretation
30 years of experience, 100+ clients & 500+ projects.
Select clients include the Science Museum, V&A, Natural History Museum, National Museum of Scotland, Scottish United Services Museum, Our Dynamic Earth, Magna, The Deep, The Big Idea, Scottish Seabirds Centre, IWM, RAF Museum, Shetland Museums & Archives, the Millennium Seed Bank, RBG Kew, RBG Edinburgh, Blenheim Palace, Mount Stuart, English Heritage, Historic Environment Scotland, CADW, OPW, Cefas, Natural England and the Central Environment Agency in Sri Lanka.
A selection of clients with whom we have worked
Explore our backgroundStart a conversation
Tell us about your audience, your project and what you want it to achieve.
Discuss a projectSpecialist aerial filming and photography.
For aerial filming, drone photography and footage sourcing, visit our specialist aerial production arm.
Visit aerial.mediaExplore our separate Aerial Media website.
