I wouldn't worry about it either. Although there is more
convention in the Western left to right approach, both directions can
be valid depending on visitor flow, exhibit content, context, and other
factors. Other cultures read in different directions, to further
complicate the matter. And if you are a physicist or a philospher,
consider "time's arrow" and really confuse the issue. Or, go with your gut
feeling.
Jeff Tenuth
Indiana State Museum
We are constructing an exhibit on the co-evolution of horses and grasslands
and are having some disagreement about which direction our timelines and
evolutionary "bushes" should move.
Should a single panel or case have time move from the left to the right -
from millions of years ago to the present - regardless of the direction which
visitors approach the panel or case?
OR
If visitors approach the panel or case from the right, should time start
from the right and move to the left?
I think visitors will always look at the case as a whole and then start
observing from the left to the right, just how they read.
What do you think?
Ann Craig
Assistant Director, Education
Museum of Natural and Cultural History
University of Oregon
Mailing: 1224 University of Oregon
Street Address: 1680 East 15th Street
Eugene, OR 97403
(541) 346-3116
http://natural-history.uoregon.edu
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