Research Catalog

Title

The manual of museum exhibitions / edited by Barry Lord and Gail Dexter Lord.

Publication

Walnut Creek, CA : AltaMira Press, ©2002.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Lord, Barry, 1939-2017.
• Lord, Gail Dexter, 1946-

Description

xxv, 544 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Summary

This is a guide to the process of planning, designing, producing and evaluating exhibitions for museums. Subjects range from traditional displays of art, artifacts and specimens from the permanent collection to the latest developments in virtual reality, online exhibitions, and big-screen reality.

Subject

• Museum exhibits > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Museum exhibits > Planning > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Museums
• Organization
• Museums
• Organization and Administration
• museums (institutions)
• Organization
• Museum exhibits
• Museum exhibits > Planning
• Tentoonstellingen
• Exposition
• Musée
• Objet exposé
• Collection de musée
• Planification
• Conception d'exposition

Genre/Form

• Handbook
• handbooks.
• Handbooks and manuals
• Handbooks and manuals.
• Manuals (Handbooks)
• Guides et manuels.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 511-521) and index.

Contents

• Introduction : the exhibition planning process / Gail Dexter Lord -- Purpose of museum exhibitions / Barry Lord -- Research-based and market-driven exhibitions / Barry Lord -- Planning for exhibition research / Barry Lord -- Exhibition ideas : integrating the voices of communities and audiences / Margaret May -- Role of market analysis / Kate Sellers -- Before, during and after : front-end, formative and summative evaluation / Duncan Grewcock -- Qualitative and quantitative audience research / Barbara Soren -- Developing design criteria for exhibition space / Heather Maximea.
• Projecting display space requirements / Heather Maximea -- Behind the scenes : support activities and facilities / Heather Maximea -- Access, adjacency and circulation / Heather Maximea -- Preserving collections in exhibitions / Murray Frost -- Security and public safety in exhibitions / Peter Osborne -- Exhibition accessibility / Kristin Johnson -- Exhibition galleries / Heather Maximea -- Display cases / Till Hahn -- Lighting / Kevan Shaw -- Audio-visual hardware / Barry Crean -- Multimedia : enhancing the experience / Maria Piacente.
• Advanced media in museum exhibitions / Hugh A D Spencer -- Permanent collection display / Barry Lord -- Planning and managing temporary exhibitions / Barry Lord -- Travelling exhibitions / Barry Lord -- Educational and other public programmes for exhibitions / Kathleen Brown -- Developing an exhibition budget template / Martha Morris -- Financial planning and management of a temporary exhibition programme / Robert Scott -- Curatorship in the exhibition planning process / John Nicks -- Interpretative planning / Hugh A D Spencer.
• Balancing perspectives in exhibition text / Hugh A D Spencer -- Exhibition text guidelines / Hugh A D Spencer -- Including text in the exhibition process / Hugh A D Spencer -- The language of multimedia -- Maria Piacente -- The role of the exhibition designer / Yves Mayrand -- Construction and installation / Chuck Sutyla -- Lighting the show / Kevan Shaw -- The role of the project manager / Chuck Sutyla -- Exhibition retail / Susan Dunlop -- Museum exhibitions in the 21st century / Kevin Gosling.

ISBN

• 0759102333
• 9780759102330
• 0759102341
• 9780759102347

LCCN

2001053954

OCLC

• ocm48221429
• 48221429
• SCSB-1239534

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library