Elements of the ExhibitElements of the Exhibit

SupportSupportss

Labels and Written Labels and Written MaterialMaterial

Asian Art MuseumAsian Art MuseumHeineken MuseumHeineken Museum

Exhibit DesignExhibit Design

Space and SizeSpace and Size

Asian Art MuseumAsian Art Museum

Centennial Centennial MuseumMuseum

Exhibit DesignExhibit Design

Making ChoicesMaking Choices

Grand River Grand River MuseumMuseum

Bishop MuseumBishop Museum

Exhibit DesignExhibit Design

Visual DesignVisual Design

ITC Native American ITC Native American DisplayDisplay

Cherokee Strip MuseumCherokee Strip Museum

Guilford Guilford Native Native

American American Collection Collection

GalleryGallery

Exhibit DesignExhibit Design

Creating a “Feeling”Creating a “Feeling”

Clockwise from left: Clockwise from left: Denver Museum of Denver Museum of Art; Ringling Art Art; Ringling Art Museum; Parry Sound Museum; Parry Sound Museum; Hearst Museum; Hearst Museum of Museum of AnthropologyAnthropology

Making the Object SpeakMaking the Object Speak

Turquoise Mask, Turquoise Mask, Moctezuma: Aztec WarriorMoctezuma: Aztec Warrior Exhibit, Exhibit, British MuseumBritish Museum

Written MaterialWritten Material

Case LabelsCase LabelsBackground and Background and

Supplementary InformationSupplementary Information

Object LabelsObject LabelsBasic Object Information:Basic Object Information:

Title or Identification of Title or Identification of ObjectObject

MaterialMaterialDateDate

Provenance or Place of OriginProvenance or Place of OriginArtist or Creator (if known)Artist or Creator (if known)

Exhibit BrochuresExhibit Brochures

Brochures Should Include:Brochures Should Include:•Background information about the topicBackground information about the topic

•Explanation of objects and their Explanation of objects and their significancesignificance

•Explanation of exhibit as a wholeExplanation of exhibit as a whole•Supplementary informationSupplementary information

Brochures Brochures should also should also

be be consistent consistent with the with the exhibit in exhibit in design, design,

including including images, images, colors, colors, fonts, fonts,

graphics graphics and “feel”. and “feel”.

What’s the point?What’s the point?

What are you trying to What are you trying to say, say, and why is it important?and why is it important?

Katherine Dunham Exhibit, Missouri History Katherine Dunham Exhibit, Missouri History MuseumMuseum

Titanic ExhibitTitanic Exhibit

ResponsibilityResponsibility

African WeaponsAfrican Weapons

ResponsibilityResponsibility

African Art ObjectsAfrican Art Objects