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The manual of museum exhibitions

Author(s): Lord, Gail Dexter, 1946- | Lord, Barry

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Main Title

The manual of museum exhibitions

Author(s)

Lord, Barry
Lord, Gail Dexter, 1946-

Publisher

Walnut Creek, CA : AltaMira Press, 2001

Collation

xxv, 544 p. : ill.
26 cm.

ISBN

9780759102347

Dewey Class

069.5

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.

Language

English

Subject

Museum exhibits -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

BRN

1664