Miriam has spent a decade designing experiential worlds, from site-specific immersive theatre to permanent museum galleries. In her current role as an Exhibition Experience Developer at Museums Victoria, she’s delivered major exhibitions including the award-winning Tyama, and their latest landmark gallery, Our Wondrous Planet.
Our Wondrous Planet is Melbourne Museum’s largest ever exhibition, with expected visitation of 1.2 million p/a. Miriam led the experience, interpretation, and narrative design, including the creative behind 35 physical and digital interactive touchpoints. A recipient of the APA’s Psychologists for Peace Award in a former career, she still strives to foster empathic connections in her work. For Our Wondrous Planet, those connections united visitors with mycelium, coral spawn, snow leopards, and of course, each other.

Passionate about equipping our communities for the future, Miriam has worked with leading psychologists to develop a program that help youth deal with uncertainty and is part of the global network Futures-Oriented Museum Synergies (FORMS), who are shaping futures-thinking in museums and cultural institutions worldwide.
Prior to her museum work, Miriam designed immersive theatre with Underground Cinema, creating site-specific and stadium-sized immersive worlds from both new concepts and existing IP. As Performance Director then Assistant Creative Director she devised character arcs and activities for over 75 actors and specialised performers each show, including live directing activations for audiences up to 5000pax. A highlight was pairing with the Mushroom Group, and Oscar-winning creative legends in Immersive Cinema’s Dirty Dancing Experience.