Main entry:

Dean, David.

Title & Author:

Museum exhibition : theory and practice / David Dean.

Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1994.

Description:

xi, 177 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Series:

The Heritage

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-172) and index.
List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 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 -- Appendix 1 Infestation report -- Appendix 2 Exhibition request form -- Appendix 3 Checklist for exhibition development -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Summary:

Museum Exhibition: Theory and Practice is the only textbook of its kind to consider exhibition development from an integrated approach from theory to practice. This comprehensive study covers a wide range of exhibition development concerns, including planning and design of exhibitions, collection care of exhibits, exhibition evaluation and administration, content and text development for exhibitions and computer usage.
It provides a complete outline for all those concerned with providing displays for museums and similar cultural heritage contexts.

Resources:
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ISBN:

0415080169 (acid-free paper)
9780415080163 (acid-free paper)
0415080177 (pbk.)
9780415080170

Subject:

Heimatmuseum Amöneburg
Museum exhibits.
Museum techniques.
Objets exposés.
Muséologie.
museology.
02.30 museology.
Ausstellung
Museum
Tentoonstellingen.
Musea.
Theorie en praktijk.
Exposições museológicas.
Planejamento de exposições.
Museografia.
Museus (técnicas)
Exhibitions.
Expositions.
Museums Exhibitions

Form/genre:

Books.
Textbooks (form)
Exhibitions.

Added entries:

Heritage.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 106758
Call No.: ID AM151.D43; ID:94-B2594
Status: Available