Ideas and Images: Developing Interpretive History Exhibits

by Kenneth L. Ames (Contributor)

Ideas and Images presents eleven case studies, walking you through the process of developing interpretive history exhibits. Learn how to identify and build new audiences, work with consultants and experts, cope with institutional change, present temporary and permanent exhibitions, and experiment with new subjects, design techniques and media.

Genres: School, Museology

344 pages, Paperback

First published October 28, 1991

Reviews

[Alison · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was a good collection of individual looks at specific exhibits. It was interesting and good information but somewhat redundent. It would serve as a good reserach book for individual reserach topics on musuems.

[Amy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sometimes museums books that have an interesting title are not all that interesting. But sometimes you have to read and summarize them for class anyway.

[MK · Rating 3 out of 5]

The title and introduction make it sound like a how-to manual, it's really a case study of exhibits in history museums, their development, and why they worked or didn't work.

[Nina]

Chapters 2, 5, 7, 8, 10