Michael, While hardly written as the history of exhibition design, one of my favorite books on this topic is ART/artifact which was a catalog of a touring exhibition of the same name by the Center for African Art in 1988. The exhibition featured the installation of African Art in four distinct settings: a 19th century "curiosity" room, an ethnography museum, an art museum, and a "Soho" gallery. Its purpose was to demonstrate how the presentation of objects affect our understanding of them. I have used the catalog in numerous classes and I highly recommend it. Anna Fariello on 9/12/02 02:26 PM, Michael Wurtz at [log in to unmask] wrote: > I have done a little googling and library database searching for a book or > article about the history of exhibit design without success. I am hoping > to find a good publication with lots of photographs so I could get a good > idea of exhibit practices over the last 75-100 years. >> Please reply directly to me since I do not actively read this listserv. >> Thank you, >> Michael Wurtz > Archivist > Sharlot Hall Museum > 415 W. Gurley Street > Prescott AZ 86301 > 928.445.3122 > www.sharlot.org/archives > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anna Fariello, Curatorial InSight, Box 505, Christiansburg VA 24068 www.curatorialinsight.com; 540-382-3946; [log in to unmask] Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA 24061-0227 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).