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 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Traci Langworthy" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> 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 > > ========================================================= > 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). ========================================================= 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).