MS235: Scripting the Exhibition
Dates: Feb 1 - Feb 26, 2010
Price: $475
Instructor: Karin Hostetter
Location: online at http://museumclasses.org
Description:
So much to say and so little space in which to say it. That
is the dilemma when scripting an exhibition. How do you say
what needs to be said in the space available? How do you
layer your message, so that different levels of information
can be acquired by visitors depending on their interest and
the time they spend in their exhibit. How small should you
go in font size to get all the facts included? Discover the
value of themes, tangibles, intangibles, and universals in
writing exhibit text that visitors really want to read -
and remember.
Course Outline:
1. Types of Labels and Panels
2. Determining the Audience
3. Determining and Writing the "Big Idea"
4. Tangibles, Intangibles and Universals in Writing
5. Information versus Take Home Message
6. Sub-themes
7. Writing to Different Levels of Attention and Knowledge
8. "Grabbing" the Audience
9. Formative Evaluation
10. Hints and Resources on Label Design
11. Final Scripted Labels Posted
Participants should come with an idea of an exhibit or
panel to script. It can be an existing exhibit that needs
to be re-written or an exhibit in the planning that needs a
script.
Logistics:
Participants in Scripting the Exhibit work through sections
on their own. Materials and resources include online
literature, slide lectures and dialog between students and
the instructor through online forums.
Scripting the Exhibit runs four weeks. To reserve a spot in
the course, please pay at
http://www.collectioncare.org/tas/tas.html If you have
trouble please contact Helen Alten at
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The Instructor:
Karin Hostetter is owner of Interpret This, a consulting
company specializing in interpretive writing, program
development and staff and volunteer training. A museum
educator at museums, zoos and nature centers for over 30
years, she was Curator of Education for the Heard Natural
Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary (McKinney, TX) and
the first paid volunteer coordinator at the Denver Zoo.
Among her award-winning education curricula are several
programs she developed for the education department at the
Denver Zoo over her 12 years on staff. Over the years, Ms.
Hostetter has been responsible for small animal exhibits
and animal care at both the Heard and the Denver Zoo. She
worked with wild animal rehabilitation and public education
animals, work that included training volunteer animal
handlers. Karin co-founded the Zoos, Wildlife Parks, and
Aquaria special interest section of the National
Association for Interpretation. Ms. Hostetter taught the
National Association for Interpretation's two-day volunteer
management course for volunteer coordinators and served on
their panel about volunteer programs. She authored a series
of articles for the National Association for
Interpretation's Legacy magazine, providing guidelines for
developing and maintaining a volunteer organization. She
has worked with volunteers for nearly 15 years. Ms.
Hostetter now consults with organizations on structuring
and improving volunteer programs. And she volunteers
herself. She also continues to teach in two museums,
preferring preschool and family programs.
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