Select Bibliography of Sources on Exhibit Planning and Implementation

While many of the following are primarily oriented towards museum exhibits, most of the information is pertinent to exhibits for libraries as well. The books are also good sources for further bibliographies on the subject.

Print Sources

Blais, Andrée, editor. Text in the Exhibition Medium . Québec City: Musée de la civilisation, 1995. (AM151.E2513 1995)
Most complete look at the subject, including the rhetoric of text, its reception and production. Also contains sections on typography and layout.

Bjorncrantz, Jeffrey Garrett, Harrie Hughes. "Northwestern's Art of the Story: Public Relations on a Grand Scale" in American Libraries , Dec. 2000: 50-53.

Dean, David. Museum Exhibition: Theory and Practice. London: Routledge, 1994.
(AM151.D43 1994)
Excellent place to begin, with sections on all relevant issues.

Dutka, Andrew, Sheman Hayes and Jerry Parnell. "The Surprise Part of a Librarian's Life" in College & Research Libraries News , Jan. 2002: 19-22.
Provides insight for librarians who also find themselves working as exhibit specialists.

Metropolitan Museum of Art. Standards Manual for Signs and Labels . American Association for Museums, 1996. (AM 157 S73 1996)

Miles, R. S., compiler. The Design of Educational Exhibits . London: George Allen & Unwin, 1982. (LB1043.6.M54 1982)
Provides good overview on planning and implementation.

Serrell, Beverly. Exhibit Labels: an Interpretive Approach . Walnut Creek, CA: Alta Mira Press, 1996. (AM157.S46 1996)
Includes a section on typographic design.

Taylor, Samuel, ed. Try it! : Improving Exhibits Through Formative Evaluation . Washington, D.C. : Association of Science-Technology Centers, 1991. (AM151 .T79 1991)

Electronic Sources

Ashman, Meg. Eight Steps for Effective Exhibits . University of Vermont Extension.
http://ctr.uvm.edu/ctr/8steps.htm

National Parks Service. Exhibit Conservation Guidelines - (CD-ROM)

National Park Service. Museum Exhibit Planner .
http://www.nps.gov/hfc/exhibits/exhibit-planner/
This is database software to be used with FileMaker Pro to plan exhibits.

Raiselis, Bob. What Makes a Good Interactive Exhibit? Montshire Museum of Science.
http://www.montshire.net/stacks/exhibits/goodexhibits.html

Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Library and Archival Exhibitions on the Web. A listing of online exhibits from around the country and internationally.
http://www.sil.si.edu/SILPublications/Online-Exhibitions/online-exhibitions-title.htm

UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Exhibits Committee & Guidelines
http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/url/urlexhibits/about.htm#guidelines

Vermont Museum and Gallery Alliance. Exhibit Planning & Design. [A bibliography].
http://www.vmga.org/lendinglib/libfiles/exhibitplan.html

This is the Jan. 2003 update of a document originally compiled in May 2001 by the Interest Group on Exhibitions and Public Programming, University Libraries, University at Buffalo.