What Our Clients and Partners Say

Jay and Flying Fish have helped to commercialize an expanded revenue stream, resulting in international touring being a key strategic initiative for the Australian Museum. The Australian Museum has increased revenue in the first year of operations by over $1 million, a significant increase in revenue which afforded the museum greater financial sustainability. I would highly recommend working with Jay and Flying Fish. Please contact me through LinkedIn if you would like to discuss further.

I have known Jay and worked with him on various projects for over three years. During this time, we have worked together in several capacities, including when Jay led the licensing, planning, and execution of the most attended exhibition in the history of my organization. Most recently, I reached out to Jay for assistance in negotiating a large, high-profile traveling exhibition. His knowledge, experience, and perspective during these negotiations proved invaluable to me in negotiating a favorable deal with the exhibition supplier. Jay’s exhibit industry knowledge enabled him to clearly articulate to me the strategic negotiating areas to focus on, as well as the potential pitfalls to avoid. Jay’s professionalism, first-rate production and project management skills, and superior knowledge of traveling exhibitions, from exhibit selection through to bump-out, make him a fantastic weapon in my organization’s arsenal. He is truly the shot in the arm the exhibition industry so desperately needs.

Jason Brown and I first worked together when he led the planning, logistics, and production of Planet Shark, a large traveling exhibition hosted by the Centre des Sciences de Montréal in March of 2013. He worked closely with us to ensure all of our needs were satisfied, installation costs were minimized, and the exhibition would be up to our high-quality standards for opening day. Furthermore, he designed and fabricated a series of children’s interactive stations for our opening. Jay came back in September of the same year to oversee the dismantling, packing up, and logistics for shipping the exhibition while leading a team of our in-house staff. The work went very smoothly and was completed a day ahead of schedule. I found Jay to be a true professional, possessing excellent project management skills, effective and fluid communication, as well as being a very effective leader. He has an innate ability to lead a group and unite them towards a common goal. He works tirelessly to provide his clients with everything he’s promised and more. I warmly recommend Jason Brown as an excellent traveling exhibitions professional who leads by example and provides significant added value to a project.

The team at Flying Fish treated our institution with nothing but complete professionalism and integrity. They listened to our goals and were always willing to work with us to find a solution. Their passion for the industry has left an impact that will keep the company’s name in the forefront of our minds for future temporary exhibitions.

Flying Fish Exhibits gets it – they know what it takes to make meaningful visitor experiences happen. The success of our first project with Flying Fish motivated us to seek more of their products as we came to respect them as professional, honest, fair players in the Featured Exhibits market. Their team understands the needs of science centers, our visitors, and the value of cultural experiences.

Spiders: From Fear to Fascination is a spectacularly appealing exhibit for everyone from the spider-timid to professional arachnologists.  No other spider exhibit of the last 30 years comes close to the quality of this show.  What I love about this exhibit is that it is so active and engaging for visitors of all ages. It combines accessible biology, gorgeous visuals, many live spiders and other arachnids, 400 dried specimens in life-like poses, and interactive games and graphics.  Where else do you see families dancing with peacock spiders?  No one will leave this exhibit without an ongoing interest in spiders.

Tyrannosaurus: Meet the Family has been great with visitors. It has surpassed our last dinosaur show in total number and number of repeat visitors. Families and individuals of all ages have enjoyed the mix of academic information and fun interactivity. It’s become the “must-see” exhibition of Omaha this summer.”

I was amazed at how many patrons spent nearly the entire day in [the exhibition]. It was crazy! I know the attendance did better than the two past exhibitions we hosted, so we really appreciated the jump in numbers.

The Magic House attendance numbers for December were 45,354 – our highest December in our 38-year history.

Towers of Tomorrow with LEGO® Bricks is a perfect exhibition for both museums and their visitors. Inexpensive to ship, fast turnovers, high-quality visitor engagement, easy to communicate, and all with a popular brand. Incredibly, the collaboration and support from Flying Fish make it even better—10 out of 10, highly recommended.

Voyage to the Deep had a great run at The DoSeum. We had record interest, marketing pick-up, and dwell time. It is a STEM exhibit that is easily marketable and visually dynamic. We found that all ages in our target demographic (0-12) plus their adults enjoyed the exhibition. A great catch with plenty of pun opportunities!