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Effective exhibit interpretation and design /
"Effective Exhibit Interpretation and Design examines the impact of an integrated approach to exhibit design and development on the effective creation and support of live interpretation of exhibit messages and institutional mission. Bridal argues that the interpreters who bring these exhibition...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Lanham, Maryland :
AltaMira Press, a division of Rowman and Littlefield,
[2013]
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| Series: | American Association for State and Local History book series.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1
- Designing an exhibit and a program space simultaneously
- Retrofitting and Adding Interpretation to Existing Exhibits
- No Program Space
- Challenges and Benefits of collaborative exhibit design/fabrication and interpretation/program development
- Communication
- Organization
- Space
- Dead space
- Location
- Connection to exhibit
- Sound and activity from adjacent exhibits
- Storage
- Technical needs
- Visitor comfort
- Address the needs of an audience to see, hear, and focus
- Discuss the various styles of interpretation best suited to the goals of your exhibit
- Results
- Chapter 2
- Mascots
- Exhibit host/greeter
- Tours
- Guest presenters
- Object carts
- Facilitated programs
- Demonstrations/presentations
- Character appearances
- Storytelling
- Creative dramatics
- Living history
- Museum theatre
- Chapter 3
- Program development
- Expectations of the programs and those who present them.
- Who presents
- Who are our interpreters and what do we call them?
- Selecting presenters
- Training/coaching
- Why hire live interpreters when electronic means are available?
- Scripts
- In closing.