How to Tell Stories and Create Effective Exhibition Panels

How to Tell Stories and Create Effective Exhibition Panels

Instructor: Saul Sopoci Drake
Course Date: October 7, 2024
Cost: $400
Enroll and Pay

Ever wanted to know how to tell stories and construct effective exhibition panels?

If so, this course is for you. We will focus on providing you with tips on how to research, develop, and structure content. Plus, how to transform your story into effect exhibition panels and labels. As we delve into all stages of the process, strategies will be provided to build sustainable frameworks for this type of content development. Participants will be encouraged to generate and refine their own ideas for content and exhibition panel development that fits their respective institutions.

 

  • Learning Objectives:
    During our four week Tell Stories and Create Effective Exhibition Labels this class will be broken down into two sections.

      1.   Creating Content
           a.  Building Community Connections for Content
           b.  Strategizing Narrative Outcomes
           c.  Building Themes and Sub-themes
           d.  Gathering Information
           e.  Building Stories
           f.  Researching Your Topic
           g.  Telling the Story
     2    Writing Labels and Panels
           a.  Understanding the Hierarchy of Labels
           b.  Writing Title Labels
           c.  Writing Section Labels
           d.  Writing Detail Labels
           e.  Writing Object Labels
           f.   Writing Styles

 

Too learn more about taking an online professional development course with Museum Study visit What is involved in taking a Museum Study course?

Required Text:

Beverly Serrell, Exhibit Labels: An Interpretive Approach, Second Edition, by Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.

Museum Study students can take advantage of a special offer from Rowman & Littlefield to purchase the book at a discount.


How to Tell Stories and Construct Effective Exhibition Panels addresses the American Association for State and Local History's Audience and Interpretation Standards.


Comments from participants:

I learned so much about developing an exhibition idea and current practices in writing labels (keep 'em short!). For my class project, I worked on ideas for a theoretical Art + Agriculture exhibition, an idea I've explored since my years in the organic foods world. Great class!

Share by: