Jane,

If I may suggest, don't always look at the catalog of an exhibit, because
that doesn't always represent the total research done for the exhibit.
Exhibit research is a different beast than researching for an article or a
book; in many cases it has to be broader, and more focused on stories than
analysis.

A good resource to look at is the book, "Ideas and Images: Developing
Interpretive History Exhibits," edited Kenneth L. Ames, Barbara Franco, and
L. Thomas Frye. It's an excellent book, because it follows the process for
doing exhibits from several different-sized institutions, and it's the only
resource that I've seen that really comes close to the reality of designing,
researching, and building an exhibit.


Christopher J. Dawson
Curator of Urban and Industrial History
Crawford Museum of Transportation and Industry Design Task Force
Western Reserve Historical Society
10825 East Boulevard
Cleveland, Ohio 44106
216-721-5722 x247
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