Museum Exhibition: Theory and Practice

by Dean,David

• ISBN13: 9780415080170
• ISBN10: 0415080177
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-12-26
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This comprehensive study covers a wide range of exhibitions, care of exhibits, exhibition evaluation and administration. This title available in eBook format. Click here for more information . Visit our eBookstore at: www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk .

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	1	(1)
The museum exhibition mission	2	(1)
Types of exhibits	3	(2)
The role of interpretation	5	(2)
Conclusions	7	(1)
The exhibition development process	8	(11)
Approaches to planning	8	(3)
Conceptual phase	11	(3)
Development phase	14	(3)
Functional phase	17	(1)
Assessment phase	18	(1)
Audiences and learning	19	(13)
People and museums	19	(1)
Targeting audiences	20	(3)
Motivations	23	(2)
Learning and museum exhibitions	25	(5)
Conclusions	30	(2)
Designing exhibitions	32	(35)
Value	32	(1)
Color	33	(2)
Texture	35	(1)
Balance	36	(1)
Line	37	(2)
Shape	39	(1)
Human factors in exhibition design	39	(12)
Behavioral tendencies	51	(1)
Methodologies and design strategies	52	(1)
Traffic flow approaches	53	(2)
Object arrangement	55	(7)
Special considerations	62	(2)
Presenting design ideas	64	(3)
Controlling the exhibition environment	67	(15)
Identification and scope	69	(1)
Macro-environments	69	(10)
Special concerns of micro-environments	79	(2)
Conclusions	81	(1)
Exhibition administration	82	(9)
Scheduling	82	(2)
Contracting	84	(2)
Production and resource management	86	(1)
Documentation	87	(1)
Publicity and marketing	88	(3)
Exhibition evaluation	91	(12)
What to evaluate	92	(4)
When to evaluate	96	(2)
How to evaluate	98	(3)
Conclusions	101	(2)
Storyline and text development	103	(29)
The storyline	103	(3)
Storyline elements	106	(4)
Text preparation	110	(6)
Guidelines for writing effective text	116	(3)
Typography and production methods	119	(7)
Type specifications	126	(5)
Conclusions	131	(1)
Computers in the exhibition environment	132	(11)
Computer capabilities and uses	133	(1)
Computers as exhibition elements	134	(1)
Computers in exhibition production	135	(3)
Computers as administrative aids	138	(3)
Conclusions	141	(2)
Appendix 1 Infestation report	143	(4)
Appendix 2 Exhibition request form	147	(6)
Appendix 3 Checklist for exhibition development	153	(6)
Glossary	159	(8)
Notes	167	(2)
Bibliography	169	(4)
Index	173