Great Exhibits! (eBook)

An Exhibit Planning and Construction Handbook for Small Museums

Beth Hansen (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
180 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-7077-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Building informative and interesting exhibits is challenging for small museums. Even museums with minimal budgets can produce quality exhibits with guidance from Great Exhibits! An Exhibit Planning and Construction Handbook for Small Museums. Using research from top exhibit professionals and do-it-yourself installation instructions, small museum staff and volunteers will be able to build professional exhibits.Museum professionals have dedicated years of study to the experiences of museum visitors. Great Exhibits! combines the best academic research that will help small museums understand what needs to go into planning an exhibit with step-by-step instructions that outline the process for planning successful exhibits. Digital interactive technology and simple hands-on experiences are included.To keep up with changing technology, the companion website https://bethsagehansen.wordpress.com/ will be updated regularly to provide resources and current digital technology.The best thing about Great Exhibits! is that features more than 100 FULL-COLOR photographs and illustrations to show you how to create exhibit cases, object mounts, and temporary walls. This practical guide is invaluable for any museum without professional fabricators. Based on practical experiences at small museums across the country and featuring more than 100 full-color photographs and illustrations, Great Exhibits! is an invaluable resource for theoretical guidance and practical assistance to anyone who works or volunteers in a small museum as well as a textbook for museum studies programs. To keep up with changing technology, the companion website https://bethsagehansen.wordpress.com/ will be updated regularly to provide resources and current digital technology.

Autor

Beth Hansen started her more than twenty years museum career through a graduate program, but she has always worked at very small museums where she was the entire exhibit development/construction staff. Her mix of academic training and practical experience led her to teach workshops on creating exhibits for other small museums. Over the years she has worked with creative volunteers and ingenious museum directors who have come up with great ideas for do-it-ourselves projects. Beth is adjunct faculty in the Museum Studies program at the University of Oklahoma.She developed and teaches the Exhibit Development class for the Museum Studies graduate program at the University of Oklahoma. As a faculty member, she has access to the latest research in visitor studies. Sharing this information with volunteers at small museums is her goal for Great Exhibits!.

Inhalt

List of TablesForeword Acknowledgments Preface Chapter 1 Why Create an Exhibition? Why do Museums Create Exhibitions? Museum's Mission Permanent or Temporary? Worksheet 1 Chapter 2 Who will Create the Exhibition and When? Who Will Create the Exhibition? Worksheet 2 Timeline Worksheet 3Chapter 3 What will the Exhibition be About? Audience Topic Public Programming Worksheet 4 Chapter 4 What will People See? Objects and Photographs Worksheet 5 Mood/Visitor Experience Hands-On Activities Room Layout Worksheet 6 Chapter 5 What will we Tell Them? Label Writing Worksheet 7 Auxiliary Materials Worksheet 8 Chapter 6 Will it Work? Evaluation Mock Up Testing Examples Worksheet 9 Chapter 7 How will we Do it? Walls and Hanging Systems Temporary Walls Exhibit Cases Barriers Period Rooms Mannequins Interactive and Hands-on Photo Display Labels for Objects Section Headings and Titles Wall Panel Production Object Display and Mounting Lighting Glossary Bibliography

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.5.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management
• Schlagworte: build an exhibit • Case Studies • design an exhibit • DIY • exhibit development • exhibit on a budget • how to • low cost exhibit • Museum Administration • Museum Exhibits • Museum Studies • professional development • small museums • Text
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-7077-2 / 1442270772
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-7077-0 / 9781442270770