I also faced this same issue, i.e., donors wanting an individual plaque
with
their artifact/donation. To solve this, we said we would put your
name
in our newsletter. Another museum I worked had a donor wall with
a general plaque listing all donors in one location. Another museum
had a brick wall with donor names.
Plaques hindered the public from learning placing more emphasis on the
donor than the artifact/exhibit. Thus, the policy not to allow for
individual
plaques.
John
Boise, ID
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Carrie [et. al]: I was faced with this kind of dilemma at the
Minnesota
Historical Society. I reached the conclusion the plaques generally
only
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