Museum Exhibition: Theory and Practice

ISBN-13: 9780415080170 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 192 str.

David Dean

Opis

This textbook considers exhibition development from an integrated approach from theory to practice. The study covers a range of exhibitions, collection care of exhibits, exhibition evaluation and administration, content and text development for exhibitions and computer usage. It provides an complete outline for all those concerned with providing displays for museums and similar cultural heritage contexts.

Recenzje

'This is an ambitious undertaking for a single volume, but it does meet a need for a good overview of all of the issues affecting the creation of exhibitions and displays.' - Tak Tent, Scottish Museums Council

Spis treści

Introduction The museum exhibition mission, 1 The exhibition development process 2 Audiences and learning 3 Designing exhibitions 4 Controlling the exhibition environment 5 Exhibition administration 6 Exhibition evaluation 7 Storyline and text development 8 Computers in the exhibition environment

O autorze

David Dean, PhD (Carleton University, Ottawa)