Manual of museum exhibitions

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Imprint:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, c2014

Subject:

Museum exhibits - Handbooks, manuals, etc
Museum exhibits - Planning - Handbooks, manuals, etc

Contributor:

Lord, Barry, author, editor of compilation
Piacente, Maria, author, editor of compilation

ISBN:

9780759122697, 0759122695, 9780759122703, 0759122709, 9780759122697 (cloth : alk. paper), 0759122695 (cloth : alk. paper), 9780759122703 (pbk. : alk. paper), and 0759122709 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Description:

xvii, 438 pages : ill. ; 26 cm

Bibliographic Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-420) and index

Contents:

Introduction: The exhibition planning process / Gail Dexter Lord and Maria Piacente -- The purpose of museum exhibitions / Barry Lord -- Where do exhibition ideas come from? / Barry Lord -- Measuring success / Gail Dexter Lord -- Exhibition facilities / Heather Maximea -- A world of exhibitions spaces / Heather Maximea -- Permanent collection displays / Katherine Molineux -- Exhibitions not based on collections / Katherine Molineux -- Virtual experiences / Ngaire Blankenberg -- Participatory exhibitions / Ngaire Blankenberg -- Temporary exhibitions / Katherine Molineux and Maria Piacente -- Travelling exhibitions / Maria Piacente -- Exhibition retail / Susan Dunlop -- Who is involved in the exhibition process? / Maria Piacente -- Preparing the exhibition brief / John Nicks and Maria Piacente -- Interpretive planning / Maria Piacente -- Curatorship and content development / Lisa Dillon Wright -- Design / Yvonne Tang and Yves Mayrand -- Multimedia / Ken Reddick and Milica Stefancic -- Fabrication and installation / Erich Zuern -- Financial planning / Erich Zuern -- Effective exhibition project management / Robert LaMarre -- Conclusion: Making meaning through museum exhibitions / Gail Dexter Lord

Summary:

"All museum activities converge in the public forum of the exhibition - regardless of whether the exhibit is held in the physical museum or is on the Web. Since the first edition of this book in 2002, there has been a world-wide explosion of new galleries and exhibition halls, and new ideas about how exhibitions should look and communicate. The definition of what an exhibition is has changed as exhibitions can now be virtual; non-traditional migratory and pop-up spaces play host to temporary displays; social media has created amazing opportunities for participatory engagement and shifted authority away from experts to the public; and as time-constrained audiences demand more dynamic, interactive, and mobile applications, museum leadership, managers, staff, and designers are rising to these challenges in innovative ways."-- Back cover

Collection:

BGC Monograph Stacks

Call Number:

AM151 .M34 2014

Available

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