Bibliography of Museum Exhibit Development
and Design
Belcher, Michael
1992 Exhibitions in Museums. Washington: Smithsonian Institution
Press
Blais, Andree and Chandler G. Screven
1995 Text in The Exhibition Medium. Canada:
La Société des Musées Québécois
Dean, David
2000 Museum Exhibition Theory and Practice. London and New York:
Routledge
Durbin, Gail, ed.
1996 Developing Museum Exhibitions for Lifelong Learning. London:
The Stationery Office
Lord, Barry, and Gail Dexter Lord, eds.
2001 The Manual of Museum Exhibitions, Walnut Creek, AltaMira Press
McLean, Kathleen
1993 Planning for People in Museum Exhibitions. Association of Science-Technology Centers
Serrell, Beverly
1996 Exhibit Labels: An Interpretive Approach. Walnut Creek, London
and New Delhi: Altamira Press
Witteborg, Lothar P.
1991 Good Show!: A Practical Guide for Temporary Exhibitions. 2nd Edition. Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
Books of particular interest for archaeology exhibits
Gaimster, D., ed.
1994 Museum Archaeology in Europe. The Museum Archaeologist 19;
Oxbow Monograph 39. Oxford: Oxbow Books
Jameson, J.H., ed.
1997 Presenting Archaeology to the Public: Digging for Truths. Walnut
Creek, CA: Alta Mira Press
McManus, P.M., ed.
1995 Archaeological Displays and the Public: Museology and Interpretation. London:
Institute of Archaeology, University College London
Merriman, Nick, editor
1999 Making Early Histories in Museums. London: Leicester University
Press
Professional Resources
American Association of Museums http://www.aam-us.org/related.htm
NAME: National Association of Museum Exhibition http://www.N-A-M-E.org/