Gallery Guide Help

[Mia]

Hello All,

I am a volunteer docent at a local American History museum in Virginia
and I am charged with creating a Gallery Guide for my museum. The
guide book is going to have indepth information on objects within a
specific gallery. Each object will have a photo, additional
background information about the object, a bibiliography list , and a
list of associated objects (like tags for other items). The guide
will be available for patrons as well as future volunteer docents to
help them learn more about a specific gallery during training.

I am having trouble finding examples of similar guides. Could someone
please point me in the direction of examples of similar gallery guides
for history and/or art museums?

Thanks

Tramia Jackson

[Whitney Alexandra Jones Robertson]

Hi Mia,

If you're in northern VA, try to check out Dumbarton House (www.dumbartonhouse.org). For each room, there is a gallery guide similar to what you described in a report cover held in a stand and it serves both as docent and visitor reference. One great idea is to have an index card with a picture and information for each object in the room and keep them all on a ring-- that way, if exhibits change, it is easy to take out objects and add in others.
I think the key is to make it easy for visitors to find information on what they're looking for and easy to read- if it's too wordy or very small print then you're in danger of the TLDR (too long, didn't read) problem.
Good luck!
Whitney Robertson


Whitney A. J. Robertson
Fashion and Textile Specialist
M.A. Fashion and Textile Studies, FIT '08
B.A. with Distinction, Music, UVa '06
http://fashion-museum.blogspot.com

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