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Creating exhibits that engage : a manual for museums and historical organizations / John Summers.

By: Summers, JohnMaterial type: TextTextSeries: American Association for State and Local History book seriesPublication details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]Description: xxi, 193 pages : illustrations ; 27 cmISBN: 9781442279360 (pbk.)Subject(s): Museum exhibits -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Historical museums -- Exhibitions -- Handbooks, manuals, etcAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Creating exhibits that engageDDC classification: 069/.5 LOC classification: AM151 | .S86 2018
Contents:
The nature of exhibits -- Audience -- Workflow -- The big idea -- Brief and request for proposals -- Evaluation -- Interpretive planning -- Text -- Budget -- Design -- Curatorship -- Studio -- Workshop -- Exhibit furniture -- Installation and beyond.
Summary: "This books 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" --
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AM151 .M38 2014 c.1 Organizing exhibitions : AM151 .M42 2013 c.1 Creating exhibitions : AM151 .S86 2018 c.1 Creating exhibits that engage : B29 .A77 2016 c.1 Understanding ethics and responsibilities in a globalizing world / B819 .S32 2007 c.1 Existentialism is a humanism = BD111 .D38 2010 c.1 Metaphysics and the meaning of life /

Includes bibliographic references and index.

The nature of exhibits -- Audience -- Workflow -- The big idea -- Brief and request for proposals -- Evaluation -- Interpretive planning -- Text -- Budget -- Design -- Curatorship -- Studio -- Workshop -- Exhibit furniture -- Installation and beyond.

"This books 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" --

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