Judging Exhibitions: A Framework for Assessing Excellence

by Beverly Serrell

Renowned museum consultant and researcher Beverly Serrell and a group of museum professionals from the Chicago area have developed a generalizable framework by which the quality of museum exhibitions can be judged from a visitor-centered perspective. Using criteria such as comfort, engagement, reinforcement, and meaningfulness, they have produced a useful tool for other museum professionals to better assess the effectiveness of museum exhibitions and thereby to improve their quality. The downloadable resources include a brief video demonstrating the Excellent Judges process and provides additional illustrations and information for the reader. Tested in a dozen institutions by the research team, this step-by-step approach to judging exhibitions will be of great value to museum directors, exhibit developers, and other museum professionals.

198 pages, Paperback

First published May 15, 2006

Reviews

[Lenka · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5 stars
The book focuses on the presentation of although an older, but still interesting project - A Framework for Assessing Excellence (of exhibitions). It talks about the process how it was created and walks the reader through its use, accompanied by examples and literature that influenced it. It seems like a very good prompt for discussions and critical thinking about exhibitions and I will definitely try it in my classes.

[Mills College Library]

069.5 S488 2006