PLANNING AND PREPARING EXHIBITS
ILLINOIS HERITAGE ASSOCIATION WORKSHOP
Friday, June 1, 2007
9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Geneva History Center, Geneva, Illinois
Good exhibits remain the foundation for
attracting visitors and teaching local history in
historical societies and museums.
The Planning and Preparing Exhibits Workshop will
address every step of the exhibit process from
choosing a good idea to mounting the last label.
The workshop will cover:
· Selecting Exhibit Topics
· Choosing Artifacts and Images
· Writing and Producing Label Text
· Designing Space, Color and Layout
· Building Exhibit Panels
· Exhibiting Artifacts Safely
· Mounting Photographs and Illustrations
Registration fee for the workshop is $35, which
includes luncheon, coffee breaks, educational
materials, and a tour of the museum. Registration deadline is WEDNESDAY, MAY 23
ABOUT THE SPEAKER…Tom McKay is the former
coordinator of the Office of Local History at the
State Historical Society of Wisconsin. He has
more than twenty-five years experience providing
training and assistance to local historical
societies and museums. He has presented exhibit
workshops in Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota,
North Dakota, Iowa, Ohio, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Kentucky, and New York.
For more information, phone: 217-359-5600. email: [log in to unmask]
This workshop is partially funded by support from
the Illinois Humanities Council, the National
Endowment for the Humanities, and the Illinois General Assembly.
At 11:37 AM 5/3/2007, you wrote:
>The University of Mississippi Museum and
>Historic Houses seeks a Museum Educator. Please
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>Full details are at the HR web site under the Employment link.
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>Albert Sperath, Director
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>Mail address
>University Museum and Historic Houses
>The University of Mississippi
>PO Box 1848
>University MS 38677
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>Oxford MS 38655
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