Manual of Museum Exhibitions

Museum exhibitions are essential for driving attendance, revenue, showcasing research, and engaging audiences with new ideas. The exhibition development process is complex, requiring dynamic, diverse, and inclusive experiences. This manual provides technical and practical methodologies for museum professionals, with new features and expanded chapters on evaluation, virtual exhibitions, multimedia, travelling exhibitions, curiosity and motivation, DEAI, interpretive planning, roles and responsibility, and content development. Case studies, examples, and over 200 color photos and figures illustrate every step of the process.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 480 pages
Publication date: 09 February 2022
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Museum activities come together in the exhibition, a public forum that plays a crucial role in driving museum attendance, revenue, and showcasing new research and engaging audiences with innovative ideas. As museums transition from a transmission-focused model to a visitor-centered approach, exhibitions become more experience-driven, participatory, and interactive, catering to diverse perspectives and employing powerful storytelling techniques. The exhibition development process has become increasingly complex, as audiences demand more dynamic, diverse, and inclusive experiences. Museum leaders, interpretive planners, designers, and curators are rising to the challenges by adopting innovative approaches. This manual provides a comprehensive and practical guide to the exhibition process, suitable for institutions of all sizes. It delves into the planning and development of exhibitions in great detail, offering technical and practical methodologies that museum professionals need today. The third edition includes new features and expanded chapters on evaluation, virtual exhibitions, multimedia, travelling exhibitions, curiosity and motivation, DEAI (diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion), while retaining the essential content related to interpretive planning, roles and responsibility, and content development. Numerous new case studies, exhibition examples, and over 200 color photos and figures illustrate every step of the process. This critical guide is essential for any museum or museum professional seeking to enhance their exhibition practices.

Weight: 1176g
Dimension: 179 x 251 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781538152812
Edition number: Third Edition