Hi Traci,

Have you thought about contacting a Museum Studies program to get some free
advice/ labor.  Hartwick college has an undergrad program and Cooperstown
Graduate Program has students work on exhibits as part of their curriculum.
Both are in upstate NY.  Might be worth a phone call.

Kristie Rhoback
Amherst Museum

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From: "Traci Langworthy" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 10:26 PM
Subject: affordable exhibit options for small historical society


> Hello all kind readers!
>
> I am a trustee for a small historical society in upstate NY and we would
> like to put together at least a somewhat professional-looking exhibit (our
> first, really) as part of our activities for our town's bicentennial next
> summer. We have only a limited number of objects in our young collection
> which relate to the town's earliest history, but we would still like to
> create some sort of visual narrative with the help of some text panels and
> enlarged photos/graphics/maps telling the story of the first years
> of "settlement" before the town became incorporated. We want to have a
> somewhat portable result that we could take to a permanent home in the
> future (we are in a temporary space right now) or move to different
> community venues if the opportunity arises. But we do not have a lot of
> money to invest in "trade show" display systems or fabricated designs.
> Would anyone be willing to suggest some options we might consider either
in
> the way of affordable materials and mounting techniques we could do
> ourselves (with the help of graphics people, as needed) or some
inexpensive
> material suppliers? Any help is much appreciated!
>
> Thanks very much,
> Traci Langworthy
> Sheridan Historical Society, NY
>
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