Creating Exhibitions : Collaboration in the Planning, Development, and Design of Innovative Experiences.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKenna-Cress, Polly.

Contributor:

Kamien, Janet.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Museum exhibits.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (322 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Somerset : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2013.

Summary:

Polly McKenna-Cress is Department Chair and Program Director of Museum Exhibition Planning & Design at the University of the Arts, as well as Principal of Alusiv, Inc., a design firm in Philadelphia. She is a consultant, author, and educator who leads institutions, departments, and teams in master planning, development, design, and project management of exhibitions. Over her 25+ year career in both museums and design firms, she has led the creation of more than 60 exhibitions of varying sizes, budgets, and complexities. Janet A. Kamien was an executive consultant, author, and strategic planner. In her 40+ years in the museum field she worked on staff at four major museums and also worked as an independent consultant. She worked, consulted, and advised on more than 100 different interpretive projects and strategic master plans.

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Introduction

Chapter 1: Collaboration

Collaboration Unpacked

Why Collaborate?

Why Collaborate in Museums?

How to Collaborate

An Intrinsic Imperative

Chapter 2: Advocacies and Action Steps

Advocacy Positions as a Team Creation Strategy

Five Advocacies Needed for Every Team

Action Steps

Dangers and Pitfalls

Chapter 3: Advocacy for the Institution

Creating the Landscape for Exemplary Exhibitions

Laying the Foundation

Planning Major Change

Assessing Results and Learning from Them

Institutional Culture and Risk

Review, Critique, and Approval

Chapter 4: Advocacy for the Subject Matter

It's about Something Too!

Approach and Philosophy

Object or Idea Driven

Dangers for the Subject Matter Expert

Chapter 5: Advocacy for Visitor Experiences

Developing Exhibition Content for Visitors

Strategies for Organizing Information

Getting Started: Developing the Concepts

Organizing the Concepts into a Cohesive Narrative

Synthesizing and Presenting Initial Concepts

Getting the Details Ironed Out: How Does This Thing Really Work?

Documentation and Presentation

Strategies for Ironing Out the Details

Chapter 6: Advocacy for Design

Advocating for the Physical and Sensory Experience

Design Advocacy: Working within the Collaboration

Primary Exhibition Design Principles

Gestalt-Sensory Perception Forming a Whole

Spatial Planning and Visitor Flow

The Launch of Design

The Medium Is the Message: Modes of Display

Accessible and Universal Design

Environmentally Sound Practice

Conclusion

Chapter 7: Advocacy for Project and Team

Managing a Team

Managing the Project and Team

Creating a Schedule

Creating a Budget

Chapter 8: Methods and Techniques

Getting the Most out of the Process.

Process Documentation

Ways to Produce and Shape Ideas

Concept Organization and

Chapter 9: Process and Phases

How Do We Set Up Our Process?

Process Outline

Process Phases

The Postpartum: Evaluating, Maintaining, Evolving, and Documenting

Exhibition Closing

Index.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: McKenna-Cress, Polly Creating Exhibitions

ISBN:

9781118419946

OCLC:

857365183