Title Effective exhibit interpretation and design / Tessa Bridal

Published Lanham, Maryland : AltaMira Press, a division of Rowman and Littlefield, [2013]

Table of Contents
	Acknowledgements					vii
	List of Figures					ix
	List of Abbreviations					xi
	The Museums					xiii
	Introduction					xxi
	Chapter 1					1
	Designing an exhibit and a program space simultaneously					6
	Retrofitting and Adding Interpretation to Existing Exhibits					8
	No Program Space					11
	Challenges and Benefits of collaborative exhibit design/fabrication and interpretation/program development					12
	Communication					12
	Organization					15
	Space					16
	Dead space					16
	Location					17
	Connection to exhibit					17
	Sound and activity from adjacent exhibits					18
	Storage					18
	Technical needs					18
	Visitor comfort					18
	Address the needs of an audience to see, hear, and focus					19
	Discuss the various styles of interpretation best suited to the goals of your exhibit					23
	Results					23
	Chapter 2					29
	Mascots					32
	Exhibit host/greeter					34
	Tours					35
	Guest presenters					37
	Object carts					38
	Facilitated programs					39
	Demonstrations/presentations					39
	Character appearances					42
	Storytelling					46
	Creative dramatics					47
	Living history					48
	Museum theatre					48
	Chapter 3					55
	Program development					56
	Expectations of the programs and those who present them					57
	Who presents					61
	Who are our interpreters and what do we call them?					66
	Selecting presenters					67
	Training/coaching					68
	Why hire live interpreters when electronic means are available?					74
	Scripts					77
	In closing					80
	Appendix A					83
	Appendix B					85
	Appendix C					89
	Appendix D					93
	Appendix E					95
	Appendix F					97
	Appendix G					101
	Appendix H					103
	Appendix I					105
	Resources					109
	Index					111

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 119 pages) Series American Association for State and Local History book series American Association for State and Local History book series. 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 Summary "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 exhibitions, an institution's mission, collections, and stories to life and the forefront of a visitor's attention are just as vital a part of an institution's public face, and that neglecting to give live interpretation an equal seat at the table impoverishes the ultimate visitor experience. Eight institutions collaborated with the author in examining the outcomes of approaching exhibit and live interpretation design and development collaboratively, the challenges of adding interpretation to spaces and exhibits not designed for it, and the guiding practices they have put into place. These institutions were: Imagine It! The Children's Museum of Atlanta, Minnesota History Center, The Missouri History Museum, the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, National Children's Museum, The National Museum of American History, The Science Museum of Minnesota and The Science Museum of Virginia. Information was also shared by the Children's Museum of Indianapolis and the Monterey Bay Aquarium."--Publisher's Web site Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 109) and index Notes English Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed Subject Museum techniques. Museum exhibits. Museums. Museums museology. museums (institutions) BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Museum Administration & Museology. REFERENCE -- General. TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest. Museums Museum exhibits Museum techniques Form Electronic book LC no. 2021676076 ISBN 9780759121126 0759121125

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