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At 20:44 8-10-96 Fielding Freed wrote:
>I am currently attempting to develop a "checklistt" form that will allow me
to >discern and analyze the various elements of exhibits in natural history
>museums.
In my own museology course I work with a model based on the distinction
between six 'levels' of analysis:
1 conceptual (social, professional) context
2 physical context (location, building, room)
3 purpose
4 structure
5 style
6 technique
The model is based on the recognition of types rather than aiming at
providing a structure for detailed description. If you (or any other
Museum-L participant) want more information, I can send it by (snail) mail.
A more down-to-earth type of checklist can be found in the good old
'Communicating with the Museum Visitor', published by the Royal Ontario
Museum (Toronto 1976).
A different approach can be found in Thomas Schlereth's 'Artifacts and the
American Past (Nashville 1981) Appendix 3: Historical Museum Exhibit Review.
Finally, it might be interesting to read:
Paulette McManus, 'Reviewing the Reviewers. Towards a Critical Language for
Didactic Science Exhibitions', The International Journal of Museum
Management and Curatorship 5, 1986, (3): 213-226.
Dr Peter van Mensch
senior lecturer of theoretical museology and museum ethics
Reinwardt Academie
Dapperstraat 315
1093 Amsterdam
(the Netherlands)
tel. +31 20 6922111
fax +31 20 6926836
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