Parks Canada Design Guidelines for Media Accessibility?
In many publications about museum accessibility or universal design, I see references to “Design Guidelines for Media Accessibility” from Parks Canada. Some …
Color-Coded Labels for Different Audiences?
I recently saw the following in the prospectus for a traveling exhibition: Because the exhibition is addressed to two very different audiences, …
Harder to Read, Easier to Remember?
How does your choice of font affect the way your message is received? First, it may affect whether your message is received. …
Thinking Visually: Creating Integrated Label Graphics
The best session I attended at AAM this year was “Thinking Visually: Creating Integrated Label Graphics,” presented by Emily O’Hara, Senior Exhibit Content …
“Writer and reader, side by side, scanning the landscape…”
I don’t think Oliver Burkeman was referring to museum labels when he wrote this column, but he could have been. The whole column …
Resources for Exhibit Writers: “Gallery text at the V & A: A Ten Point Guide”
In the process of (1) preparing a talk about the research behind good label-writing practices and (2) trying to develop an in-house …
The Rhyming Label?
A number of children’s museums have used rhyming labels to good effect. This post from Daniel Pink makes me wonder if we …
A Belated Valentine to the Curator of Prints and Drawings at the MFA
February 15, 2014—the day after Valentine’s Day. I had arranged to meet someone at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Our plan …
How much interpretation is too much?
Some recent museum blog posts (e.g. Mediation or interference?, Tilting at Windmills, Part Two) have discussed the appropriate amount of interpretation or mediation …
Empathy: Gratitude (Better Living through Signage, Part II)
In belated celebration of Thanksgiving, here’s an exhibit piece in which the speaker expresses gratitude and, I think, evokes it in the …