Exhibit Labels: An Interpretive Approach - Softcover

Serrell, Beverly

Softcover

ISBN 10: 144224903X ISBN 13: 9781442249035

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2015

Synopsis

Beverly Serrell presents the reader with excellent guidelines on the process of exhibit label planning, writing, design, and production. One of the museum field’s leading consultants and label writers, Serrell’s 1996 edition of Exhibit Labels has been a standard in the field since its initial publication. This new edition not only provides expert guidance on the art of label writing for diverse audiences and explores the theoretical and interpretive considerations of placing labels within an exhibition, it also features all new case studies and photographs and thoughts about interpretation in digital media. Exhibit Labels: An Interpretive Approach is a vital reference tool for all museum professionals.

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About the Author

Since 1979, Beverly Serrell has been an exhibit and evaluation consultant with art, history, natural history, and science museums, as well as zoos and aquariums. Before then, she was head of a museum education department for eight years, and had shorter stints as a high school science teacher and a research lab technician. Serrell holds an MA in science teaching in informal settings and a BS in biology. In 1995, she was a guest scholar at The J. Paul Getty Museum and has received two National Science Foundation grants to conduct research on visitor behavior in museum exhibitions. She has been a frequent museum visitor all her life.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 144224903X
• ISBN 13: 9781442249035
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 376