Some time ago we presented the work of Morgan Monceaux, an artist from
New York who painted a series of Presidential Portraits; he adds
biographical text to the images, letting it flow and swirl around the
figure.   As it would have been difficult for visitors to read the text
upside down, the registrar and I transcribed every bit of the text, and
offered two legal size notebooks with laminated pages of the text and the
corresponding presidential image for the visitors.  It worked out very
well, school kids had an easier time interpreting the material, and they
could compare the artist's image from the actual image of the President
in question.

We normally don't do booklets or exhibition catalogs, but we will produce
a brochure with a few images of our actual temporary exhibition with the
introduction to the show as the content; this pamphlet is a give-away.
If we produced something a little more substantial, we might be able to
sell it in the gift shop, but my publication talents only go as far as
brochcures, and not every temp exhibition gets them.  And they are not
glossy, color fancy, we do them on plain paper, maybe pick a nicer color
paper at Kinko's, then get them to copy a bunch, and get them duplicated
as we are depleted.

O
Olivia S. Anastasiadis, Curator
Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace
18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard
Yorba Linda, CA  92886
(714) 993-5075 ext. 224; fax (714) 528-0544; e-mail:  [log in to unmask]

On Tue, 11 Aug 1998 22:08:33 PDT Jim K <jkajpus*[log in to unmask]> writes:
>Has anyone tried doing a book that explains in more detail each
>exhibit in a museum? I'm one of those few who stop and read the
>descriptions and spend some time on each display.
>
>What would be really great would be a small pamphlet that follows each
>exhibit and goes into more detail about the display. A couple of
>examples of the information I would be interested in are: Most of the
>time a mask or knife might be identified as African - ca 1800. How
>about where in Africa, what is was used for, what tribe, what
>materials, how was it acquired, etc.
>
>For another, say a frog. Usually identified with scientifc/common name
>and maybe continent. How about a little about habits, size, how
>captured/found, common/rare, etc. Or a china cabinet -- what wood,
>where/who made, who owned, etc.
>
>It would be great to walk the halls, perhaps match a display number
>with the book page, and read further about what was going on in the
>display. Obviously, a free pamphlet would be great, but even a cheap
>purchase, or maybe buy for a dollar, sell back for fifty cents type of
>arrangement could be made. The pamphlet doesn't need to be a fancy
>glossy work or art, a simple b/w text would be just as good.
>
>How about it, does anyone do this type of thing -- or why not?
>
>THanks,
>
>
>I got one them stupid * in my name
>Jim Kajpust - Personal Freedoms - Michigan
>http://www.concentric.net/~jkajpust
>

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