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On display : a design grammar for museum exhibitions /

Classifying exhibitions - Exhibition security - Conservation - Heating and light - Show cases - Exhibition shop.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hall, Margaret, 1936-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Lund Humphries, 1987.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Museum exhibits > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Expositions > Guides, manuels, etc.
Muséologie.
Museum exhibits.
Tentoonstellingen.
Ausstellung.
Ausstellungsbau.
Gestaltung.
Museum.
Expositions - Guides, manuels, etc.
Museums > Exhibitions > Design - Manuals
Handbooks and manuals.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to grammar
  • The background
  • The exhibition makers
  • Classifying exhibitions
  • Planning for design and production
  • Sites for exhibitions
  • The design brief
  • The shaping of communications
  • Exhibition security
  • Conservation in the exhibition
  • Sight and light
  • Heating and ventilating
  • Showcases
  • Case interiors
  • Screens and seats
  • Information: the look of the message
  • The take-away factor: the exhibition shop
  • The designer communicates
  • Open to the public
  • The final score
  • Futures.