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Creating Exhibits That Engage : A Manual for Museums and Historical Organizations.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Summers, John, author.
- Series:
- American Association for State and Local History book series.
- American Association for State and Local History book series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historical museums--Exhibitions--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Historical museums.
- Museum exhibits--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Museum exhibits.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online Resource (217 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2018.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]
- Summary:
- This book is a concise, useful guide to developing effective and memorable museum exhibits for small to medium-sized museums. It covers the complete process of exhibit development, from concept through curation, design, fabrication and installation to evaluation with a focus on proven, practical, and cost-effective techniques and ideas.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Foreword
- Preface
- Part I. Context, Audience, and Process
- Chapter 1. The Nature of Exhibits
- Chapter 2. Audience
- Chapter 3. Workflow
- Part II. Concept Development
- Chapter 4. The Big Idea
- Chapter 5. The Brief and Request for Proposals
- Chapter 6. Evaluation
- Chapter 7. Interpretive Planning
- Chapter 8. Text
- Chapter 9. Budget
- Part III. Design Development
- Chapter 10. Design
- Chapter 11. Curatorship
- Part IV. Fabrication
- Chapter 12. Studio
- Chapter 13. Workshop
- Chapter 14. Exhibit Furniture
- Chapter 15. Installation and Beyond
- Appendix 1. Developing an Institutional Exhibit Plan
- Appendix 2. Creating Traveling Exhibits
- Appendix 3. Sample Request for Proposals
- Appendix 4. Four Design Strategies
- Glossary
- Index
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographic references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-40545-0
- 1-4422-7937-0
- OCLC:
- 1023427526
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