Description
Since its publication in 2008, Exhibit Makeovers has been a useful do-it-yourself handbook for museum personnel and volunteers. Exhibit Makeovers is a workbook that provides grounding in interpretive principles, how-to-advice, step by step guidance, and moral make stronger for in-house exhibit planning and design.
The revised and expanded 2nd edition preserves the supportive tone and easy-to-follow steps that make the original Exhibit Makeovers so user-friendly. Significant revisions—especially in the technology arena—and additions make this new edition a will have to-have addition to any museum’s toolkit:
• New emphasis on visitor input, with step by step guidelines for evaluation studies
during planning and design.
• New text and worksheets to guide development of interactives, and make sure varied levels
of visitor participation.
• Focal point on affordable software to assist with exhibit planning and design, in addition to low-
cost technologies that can vary and deepen the visitor experience.
• Brand-new chapters on exhibit design, production, and installation, written by the
experienced team answerable for in-house exhibits at a thriving, mid-size museum.
Following the same pattern as the 2008 original, the revised Exhibit Makeovers guides users through step by step processes of a single-case makeover, development of a new exhibit, and renovation/renewal of a complete gallery or museum.