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A voice from history museums here... You might consider having condition
reports for each venue to use for reporting the condition of each
exhibit element when it arrives and again on leaving. The Morehead would
start it by documenting the condition of everything when it first
leaves. I've generally seen a notebook, with photos, and it works well
to document when damage happens (and I assume it will be clear in your
contracts who will be responsible for repairs and how they need to be
documented).
Mary Montgomery
Museum of History & Industry, Seattle
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Subject: Traveling Exhibit- Operations Manual and Curriculum Guide
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Dear all,
At the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, we are preparing for our
first traveling exhibit to hit the road. Naturally, we want to make sure
this exhibit has everything it needs to succeed as it journeys across
North Carolina. To accompany the exhibit, we are developing:
(1) an operations manual -- describes the functioning and goals of
interactive elements
(2) a curriculum guide -- providing the exhibit facilitator/educator
with information about the content of the exhibit, opportunities for
engaging visitors, activities for school groups, and demonstration
guides
If you or your institution has experience developing or using an
operations manual or a curriculum guide for a traveling exhibit, I would
appreciate your feedback:
What kinds of information did the guide provide?
What was most useful? Was there any information you needed that was not
available?
Sincerely,
Shelley Rogers
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Shelley Rogers
Exhibit Developer
Morehead Planetarium and Science Center
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill CB#3480, Chapel Hill, NC
27599 www.moreheadplanetarium.org
(919)843-5368
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