SYLLABUS

History Museum Exhibits 432-5110-001

Fall 2000

Instructor: Rick Riccio, 581-6357 (office), 348-8790 (home), rvriccio@eiu.edu

Office Hours: Monday 11:30-12:30 (or by appointment), rm 217  Coleman Hall

Class Time: Monday 9-11:30am, CH223

Readings: The following textbooks are available at textbook rental:

·        Leon, W. & Rosenzweig. R. eds., History Museums in the United States, 1989.

·        McLean, Kathleen, Planning for People in Museum Exhibitions, 1993.

·        Serrell, Beverly, Exhibit Labels, An Interpretive Approach, 1996.

A bibliography of required weekly readings is provided and copies are available in the graduate office and on reserve at Booth Library. Handouts relating to weekly topics and projects will be distributed throughout the semester.

Bibliography of Required Readings

Appelbaum, Ralph, “Multicultural by Design”, Museum News, March/April 1993, pp. 52-55. 58, 60.

Ansbacher, Ted, “Experience, Inquiry, and Making Meaning, Exhibitionist, Vol. 18, No.2, Fall, 1999, pp. 22-26.

Belcher, Michael, Exhibitions in Museum, Leicester University Press, 1991.

Brown, Walter S., “The Design of the Informal Learning Environment”, Gazette, Canadian Museums Association, fall 1979.

Chadbourne, Christopher, “A Tool for Storytelling”, Museum News, March/April 1991.

Ching, Frank, Architectural Graphics, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.

Csikszentmihályi, Mihály & Hermanson, Kim, “Intrinsic Motivation in Museums”, Museum News, May/June 1995, pp.34-37, 59-61.

Dandridge, Frank, “The Value of Design in Visual Communication”, Museum News, 9/4, 1966.

Dezell, Maureen, “Will MTV Revolutionize the MFA?”, The Boston Phoenix, April 12, 1991, pp.8-9.

French, Thomas E., & Vierck, Charles J., Engineering Drawing & Graphic Technology, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York.

Fruitman M. P., & DuBro, L.S., “Writing Effective Labels”, Museum News, Jan./Feb. 1979, pp.57-59.

Haley, Alex, “All Caps: A Typographic Oxymoron”, U & lc, vol.18, no.3, fall 1991.

Hatt, Robert T., “Seven Lighting Problems; Seven Solutions”, Museum News, III/4, 1960, pp.361-369.

Jacobs, Sydney, “...Design: Creative Opportunity?”, Exhibitionist, Spring 1995.

Karp, Ivan, & Levine, Steven D., eds,  Exhibiting Cultures: The Poetics and Politics of Museum Display, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., 1991.

Kennedy, Jeff, User Friendly: Hands-On Exhibits That Work, Association of Science Technology Centers, 1990.

Klein, Larry, “Team Players”, Museum News 3/4, 1991, pp.44-45.

Linenthal, Edward T., “Can Museums Achieve a Balance Between Memory and History?”, Chronicle of Higher Education, Feb. 10. 1995.

Lull, W. P., & Merk, L.E., “Preservation Aspects of Display Lighting”, Electrical Consultant, Nov./Dec. 1982, pp.8-25.

Munley, Mary Ellen, “Intentions & Accomplishments: Principles of Museum Evaluation Research”, Past Meets Present, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1987, pp.139-153.

Porter, T. & Goodman, S, Manual of Graphic Techniques 3, Charles Scribner’s Sons, NY, 1983.

Punt, Barbara, Doing It Right, Brooklyn Children’s Museum, 1989.

Rabinowitz, Richard, “Exhibit As Canvas”, Museum News, March/April 1991.

Regier, Chuck, “Design: Interpretive Art?...”, Exhibitionist, Spring 1995.

Royal Ontario Museum, Communicating with the Museum Visitor: Guidelines for Planning, 1976.

Screven, C.C., “Computers in Exhibit Settings”, Spectra, Vol.19, no.1 winter 1992, pp.7-12.

Shroeder, Fred, “Designing Your Exhibits: Seven ways to look at an artifact”, AASLH Technical leaflet 91, Vol. 31, õ. 11, 11/1976.

Taylor, Samuel, Try It! Improving Exhibits through Formative Evaluation, New York Hall of Science, 1991.

Theobald, M.M. & Tucker, H.T., Jr., “The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990”, AASLH Technical Leaflet, #180, 1992.

Tilden, Freeman, Interpreting Our Heritage: Principles and Practices for Visitor Services in Parks, Museums and Historic Places, Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 1957.

Tinkel, Kathleen, “Mixing Faces”, Adobe Magazine, March/April 1993, pp.41-46.

Vogel, Susan, “Always Ture to the Object, in Our Fashion”, Exhibiting Cultures, Smithsonian Insttution Press, 1990, pp.191-204.

Volkert, James, W., “Monologue to Dialogue”, Museum News, April/May 1991.

Waterman, Susan W., “Computer-Aided Exhibit Design”, Museum News, July/Aug., 1989, pp.39-40.

West, Charles, “Computer Graphics”, Museum News, July/Aug. 1989, pp.37-38.

RELATED TOPICS

Ames, Kenneth L., Franco, Barbara, Frye, Thomas L., “Ideas and Images: Developing Interpretive History Exhibits”, American Association for State and Local History, 1992.

Caplan, Ralph, By Design, St. Martin’s Press, NY, 1982.

Carmel, James, Exhibition Techniques, Reinhold Publishing Corporation, N.Y., 1962.

Commission of Museums for a New Century, Museums for a New Century, Washington, D.C., American Association of Museums, 1984.

Hall, Edward T., The Hidden Dimension, Doubleday & Co., 1966.

Hall, Margaret, On Display, Lund Hamphries, London, 1987.

Hein, Hilde, The Exploratorium: The Museum as Laboratory, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1990.

Henderson/Kaeppler, Exhibiting Dilemmas, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1997.

IES Education Committee, Introducing Lighting, Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, 1985.

Klein, Larry, Exhibits: Planning and Design, Madison Square Press, 1986.

Lewis, Ralph H., Manual for Museums, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington 1976.

Ripley, Dillon, The Sacred Grove, Simon & Shuster, New York, 1969.

Robillard, David A., Public Space Design in Museums, The School of Architecture & Planning: the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

Ruggiero, Vincent Ryan, The Art of Thinking, Harper Collins Pub., 1991.

Velarde, Giles, Designing Exhibitions, Whitney Library of Design, 1989.

Wittlin, Alma S., Museums: In Search of a Usable Future, The MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1970.

Grading will be based on the following criteria:

·        20%          Class participation and preparedness

·        15%          Design Project 1: design brief

·        15%          Design Project 2: completed grant application

·        15%          Design Project 3: formative evaluation

·        15%          Design Project 4: exhibit narrative, floor plan, and elevations

·        20%          Design Project 5: completed notebook

Notebook Requirements

·        Cover Page

·        Table of Contents

·        Exhibit Production Schedule

·        Design Brief

·        Exhibit Outline

·        Object List

·        Object Data Sheets

·        Front End Analysis and Formative Evaluation

·        Floor Plan and Elevation Drawings

·        Exhibit Narrative

·        Label Copy

·        Exhibit Budget

·        Loan Forms and Correspondence