Elements of the Exhibit

1. Elements of the Exhibit Supports Labels and Written Material Heineken Museum Asian Art Museum

2. Exhibit Design Space and Size Centennial Museum Asian Art Museum

3. Exhibit Design Making Choices Grand River Museum Bishop Museum

4. Exhibit Design Visual Design Guilford Native American Collection Gallery ITC Native American Display Cherokee Strip Museum

5. Exhibit Design Creating a “Feeling” Clockwise from left: Denver Museum of Art; Ringling Art Museum; Parry Sound Museum; Hearst Museum of Anthropology

6. Making the Object Speak Turquoise Mask, Moctezuma: Aztec Warrior Exhibit, British Museum

7. Written Material Case Labels Background and Supplementary Information Object Labels Basic Object Information: Title or Identification of Object Material Date Provenance or Place of Origin Artist or Creator (if known)

8. Exhibit Brochures • Brochures Should Include: • Background information about the topic • Explanation of objects and their significance • Explanation of exhibit as a whole • Supplementary information Brochures should also be consistent with the exhibit in design, including images, colors, fonts, graphics and “feel”.

9. What’s the point? What are you trying to say, and why is it important? Titanic Exhibit Katherine Dunham Exhibit, Missouri History Museum

10. Responsibility African Weapons

11. Responsibility African Art Objects