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Masterclass / Skill SessionMeeting Room 2
Developing an Exhibition: how do we go about it?
Brian CrozierCo-principal, Crozier Schutt Associates museum consultants
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Brian CrozierBrian Crozier
MAGSQ Conference 2011MAGSQ Conference 2011
MackayMackay
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Collections to exhibitions: the whole package
What is the difference between: StorageOpen storageAn exhibition?
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Storage…Stored for efficient
accessStored to maximise
conservation outcomesLike with like, not
themesStore labels only
Queensland Museum, Social History
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Open storage…Storage but viewableProbably types of objectProbably not themedLabelledNot designedProbably no interpretive
panels
Queensland Museum Inquiry Centre
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ExhibitionTelling a storyThemedA variety of objects but
not so many as to crowd
Balanced use of interpretive techniques – labels, images, maybe other media, interactives
Full suite of labelsMacArthur Museum, Brisbane
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Walking while chewing gum…Museums do more than
one thing at once and they need space to do them in
The 40:40:20 rule – balanced activities
Making room for thematic, changing exhibitions
Making room for collection work and administration and reception
“Queensland Icons”. Qld Museum, 2006
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ThemingWhat categories of
objects and images does your museum hold?
What stories can you tell?
What are your key objects? Watch presented to Sister Annie
Miller by the Duke of Edinburgh, 1868, after he was wounded in an assassination attempt. Nursing Museum
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Collection management supports exhibitionsExhibitions grow more
easily from well documented, accessible collections:
Donor interviewsGood descriptionsAccessible objects and
informationSubject filesThe story of two emu
eggs
Candlestick holder, NMA
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What is an exhibition?
A lot of stuff?No stuff?Objects and images
linked by a themeInterpretation and
communication aided by design
South Burnett Energy Centre, Nanango
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Labels are the bonesThink of exhibitions working
through three sets of labels
The front label (what the exhibition is about)
Sub-theme labels (paragraphs in the story)
Object and image labels (how the objects and images relate to the theme set out in the front label) “Sharing their legacy”.
Queensland Museum, 2005
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What makes a good exhibition?Think aboutGood exhibitions you
have seen – what was good about them?
Exhibitions you have been involved with – what worked and what didn’t?
How much is enough (space, objects, stories)?
“The courage of ordinary men”, QM 2008: 6 objects!
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How are exhibitions different?How is an exhibition
different fromA bookA filmA television documentaryA live performance?A blend of mediums…Levels of communication –
information, emotions, tactile objects, sounds, colours, mood, tone…
“Women of the West”, Queensland Museum1993
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Practicalities: exhibition development It helps to have a process…Consultation through reference groupsClearly defined rolesClear stages of developmentSomeone has to drive it
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Practicalities:the process
The content kit:The exhibition without the designA brief for the designerLabels and imagesWhat about media?Interactives?
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Practicalities: laying out the exhibitionThe importance of space – give it room, less is
moreCommunicating themes – front panel to sub-theme
labels to object/image labelsIntegration of elements to tell a storyReference points: panels, key items or imagesCirculation routes
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Practicalities: panelsPanels are possible!Panels inform,
punctuate, separate, structure, brighten
How to design a panel: Brian’s Ringsfield House effort
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Practicalities:labellingLabels are the core - they’re where the information isTypes of labels:
FrontSub-themeObject/image
How long?Who for?The label structure: it’s like a newspaper article
HeadlineTopic paragraphBody text
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Practicalities:labellingWrite your own…
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More information and all or most of the handouts for this workshop are available from our website:
http://www.museumandhistoryservices.com/resources.htm