> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert T. Handy [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 1998 9:09 AM
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> Subject:      Re: Booklet explaining exhibits
>
>
> No, but we are preparing what we call a "souviner booklet" on our Austin
> Colony exhibit; probably for a different reason than yours.  The exhibit
> is
> so extensive and so detailed, few people get through the whole thing in
> one
> visit (and of course, many are passing through the area and won't return).
>  So, our booklet is designed to send them off with something that tells
> the
> story in briefer form and which gives them images of some of the artifacts
> and documents.  Our assumption is that the exhibit itself will stimulate
> their interest and the booklet will give them something they can refer
> back
> to from time to time.
>
> Take a look at the on-line exhibit and you will see why many don't make it
> through in one visit.
>
>
> ------
> Robert Handy
> Brazoria County Historical Museum
> 100 East Cedar
> Angleton, Texas  77515
> (409) 864-1208
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> From:   Jim K[SMTP:jkajpus*[log in to unmask]]
> Sent:   Wednesday, August 12, 1998 9:00 AM
> To:     [log in to unmask]
> Subject:        Booklet explaining exhibits
>
> Has anyone tried doing a book that explains in more detail each
> exhibit in a museum? I'm one of those few who stop and read the
> descriptions and spend some time on each display.
>
> What would be really great would be a small pamphlet that follows each
> exhibit and goes into more detail about the display. A couple of
> examples of the information I would be interested in are: Most of the
> time a mask or knife might be identified as African - ca 1800. How
> about where in Africa, what is was used for, what tribe, what
> materials, how was it acquired, etc.
>
> For another, say a frog. Usually identified with scientifc/common name
> and maybe continent. How about a little about habits, size, how
> captured/found, common/rare, etc. Or a china cabinet -- what wood,
> where/who made, who owned, etc.
>
> It would be great to walk the halls, perhaps match a display number
> with the book page, and read further about what was going on in the
> display. Obviously, a free pamphlet would be great, but even a cheap
> purchase, or maybe buy for a dollar, sell back for fifty cents type of
> arrangement could be made. The pamphlet doesn't need to be a fancy
> glossy work or art, a simple b/w text would be just as good.
>
> How about it, does anyone do this type of thing -- or why not?
>
> THanks,
>
>
> I got one them stupid * in my name
> Jim Kajpust - Personal Freedoms - Michigan
> http://www.concentric.net/~jkajpust