Becca,

If you are talking about label rails, here are a few suggestions from an accessibility for visitors with disabilities perspective. 

From the Smithsonian Guidelines for Accessible ExhibitionDesign. http://accessible.si.edu/pdf/Smithsonian%20Guidelines%20for%20accessible%20design.pdf

Mount label rails so that the top of the label is at approximately 1015 mm (40 in.) above the floor.

At this height the labels are low enough for those seated but not too low for people with low vision who are standing. Labels mounted lower, particularly in label wells at 305 mm (12 in.) or less above the floor, require that people who have low vision kneel to be close enough to the type. 

Also ensure that the lower edge is either at 27" a.f.f., or that there are also horizontal supports to serve as cane-detectable barriers. 

Keep in mind the natural line of sight when mounting labels.

Labels mounted at 45 degree angles to the front of a case or vitrine are more accessible to people who have low vision than those that are mounted flat on the floor of the case. Labels should also be as close to the front of the case as possible. Labels on the back wall of a case or behind a vitrine are impossible for many people to read

Jan Majewski

Advisor, Inclusive Culture and Development

Institute for Human Centered Design (IHCD)

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On Feb 16, 2015, at 1:41 PM, Becca Hiller <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Our museum is undergoing the process of renovating one of our galleries and we would like to include angled panels in front of some of our exhibits. We envision them at approximately waist high . . . but I am short so my waist high is not the next person's waist high. Can anyone tell me if there is a recommended optimum height for the top and bottom edges of these types of panels, as well as a recommended degree of angle for them?  I have found plenty of references for vertically mounted panels . . . just not angled panels.  We have a limited budget and all of the work is being done in house.  

Any information is appreciated. 

Thank you, 

Becca Hiller

Museum Director

Santa Fe Trail Center Museum

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