Manual of museum exhibitions
By: edited by Barry Lord and Maria Piacente
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 438
ISBN-13: 9780759122697; 9780759122703
Subjects: Planning; Museum exhibits; Handbooks, manuals
Description: "All museum activities converge in the public forum of the exhibition - regardless of whether the exhibit is held in the physical museum or is on the Web. Since the first edition of this book in 2002, there has been a world-wide explosion of new galleries and exhibition halls, and new ideas about how exhibitions should look and communicate. The definition of what an exhibition is has changed as exhibitions can now be virtual; non-traditional migratory and pop-up spaces play host to temporary displays; social media has created amazing opportunities for participatory engagement and shifted authority away from experts to the public; and as time-constrained audiences demand more dynamic, interactive, and mobile applications, museum leadership, managers, staff, and designers are rising to these challenges in innovative ways."--back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-420) and index.