Beverly Serrell has published an outstanding guideline covering almost anything you would like to know concerning exhibit labels. The title is "Exhibit Labels - An Interpretive Approach". The publisher is AltaMira. Rick Olsen Director of Operations & Curator Indiana Railway Museum P.O. Box 150 French Lick, IN 47432 [log in to unmask] www.indinanarailwaymuseum.org 1-800-74-TRAIN _____ From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Leah Fox Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 9:53 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: label and font size The Smithsonian has accessibility guidelines for exhibition design on their website, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art has a publication of standards of signs and labels. Leah _____ From: Burchett-Anderson, Theresa E. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 7:52 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [MUSEUM-L] label and font size I am creating Exhibition Label and Object ID Guidelines. Is there a standard to go by? Thanks! Theresa Burchett-Anderson Director Carroll Reece Museum East Tennessee State University Box 70660 Johnson City, TN 37614-1701 423.439.4392 423.439.4283 fax [log in to unmask] ========================================================= 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). ========================================================= 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).