You might start with Exhibit Builder magazine's source book. It's on line at 
<www.exhibitbuilder.net> They also publish a substrate directory in the print 
version of the magazine. 

As you're in Wisconsin, you might give Great Big Pictures in Madison a call. 
<http://www.gbpinc.com> They offer a wide variety of services and materials 
including direct to substrate printing (durable if overlaminated) and printing to 
fabric. I've found Masonite, a slightly old fashioned material, to be a durable 
substrate. It can be heavy, however. Sintra and other plastics are light but 
can shatter. I wouldn't choose Gatorfoam (tm) for a traveling exhibit. It's very 
fragile; corners get bent and broken and it dents too easily. 

Shameless plug...members of the National Association for Museum Exhibition-
AAM (NAME) get Exhibit Builder as a member benefit. <www.n-a-m-e.org>


Diane Gutenkauf
Director
Robert R. McCormick Museum
1 S. 151 Winfield Rd.
Wheaton, IL 60187
630-260-8159 (v)
630-260-8160 (f)
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www.cantignypark.com

On Fri, 6 Oct 2006 16:34:14 -0400, Cait Dallas <[log in to unmask]> 
wrote:

>I'm looking for recommendations for substrates for professionally printed
>exhibit text/graphics panels.  The exhibit will be featured onsite in 2007,
>but we'd like to extend its life by designing it to convert into a traveling
>exhibit.  The panels will be roughly 30" x 34" and ideally would be
>lightweight, but rigid enough to be wall mounted or self-supporting on
>easels.  The material needs to be tough enough to stand up to transport,
>touching, etc. I'm aware of gatorboard and sintra - is there anything else
>out there?  
>
>Cait Dallas
>Curator of Collections
>Ten Chimneys Foundation
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