[1] The firm was founded in 1986 by businesswoman Celestine ("Cel") Phelan and design partner Steve Simons.

[2][1][3] In 2008, a new management team took over the running of Event, led by museum design consultant James Alexander, and creative director Esther Dugdale,[4][3] which saw the firm expand from its European base to an international focus that included the Middle East (Oman and Kuwait), and latterly Asia (China and Hong Kong).

[8] Event projects have also won other EMYA awards such as the Silletto Prize for the Shipwreck Museum St. George in Denmark in 2019.

[13][14] Event projects have won notable cultural tourism awards, including the World Travel Awards Europe's Leading Tourist Attraction for the EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum in 2019,[15][16] for the Titanic Belfast in 2016,[17][16] and for the Guinness Storehouse in 2015.

[14][20][21] Another example being the overhaul of the Hans Christian Andersen Museum in Odense in Denmark, into the House of Fairytales concept, a collaboration with Japanese architect Kengo Kuma,[22] that was set to open in late 2020.