Hello museum world!

I am interning this summer in a small, remote town in Alaska, helping a
group of volunteers create a new local history museum.  The volunteers have
asked me to help conceptualize how their new exhibit space, which they will
lease next year, should be set up.  It's one room, and they have access to
some merchandise displays from a store which they intend to use for
artifacts.

My background is mainly in collections and interpretation -- but I haven't
had much experience with designing exhibit spaces and physically arranging
them. I would like to learn more about this topic while also helping the
volunteers in a meaningful way (suggesting a floor plan, materials,
interpretive flow, etc.).

Are there any low-cost/DIY exhibit development resources on the web that
you might suggest, like articles, low-cost design software, or video
how-tos?  I would check them out myself and also pass the links along to
the volunteers for their future reference.

Thank you very much!

Kate Duffy
http://www.wunderplatz.net

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