Exhibit Development

The exhibit development process
Who and what are exhibit audiences
Doing exhibit evaluations
What the exhibit big idea and brief/proposal are
Creating big idea topics and themes
Writing effective exhibit texts
The elements of exhibit design: drawing to-scale floor plans and elevations
Creating a preliminary storyline for exhibits
Working with the Peterborough Museum and Archives (PMA) to confirm the story for the class exhibit
Developing and working on my mini exhibit
What exhibit interpretive plans are
Research my class exhibit artefact
Work with the media group to plan the artefacts being used in the exhibit
Draft exhibit plans and how to work in teams
Revise my exhibit plans with my group
Confirm plans and exhibit elements
Begin exhibit fabrication and work on it
Install the exhibit, and complete remedial exhibit tasks
Learn about travelling exhibits.

What did I learn

The topics about taught me how important it is to work as a team. Our class had a common goal to build our class exhibit and work with the PMA to agree on its concepts and design. So, we did class resolutions when needed, and communicated with each other to agree on a single design and concept. Plus, having floor plans and elevations help to visualise the concept of my mini-exhibit, and the class one, to see where everything was going.

Assignments

Create and work on our class exhibit preliminary storyline
A teamwork self-evaluation
Work on the exhibit objective, text, images, design, and installation of my mini-exhibit
Work on the exhibit interpretive plan, draft, revise, and finalise the exhibit objects and images for the class exhibit
Do a peer evaluation and personal reflection
Complete my class exhibit

In addition to working on my mini-exhibit and presenting it in December, I also got to work with my class for our exhibit in April. Each step taught me valuable lessons and skills, such as improving my teamwork. Additionally, I helped to create a storyline for the exhibits so I had a clear vision and goal from them, and installed the exhibits. In each step of the process, I worked with my classmate and professor to ensure that we were heading in the right direction, and agreed on the specific item and ideas before moving further with the project.