Please excuse cross
posting.
Limited space is
available in the following course at the Campbell Center
for Historic
Preservation Studies. Details can be found
at the Center's web
Scholarships are available for each of these
courses.
Exhibit Design for
the Small Museum
Fee: $810
Course
Dates: June 12-15,
2006
Registration
Deadline: May 15,
2006
Instructor: Earl
Locke
This course is designed for small museums with
limited resources and staff with little
or no design experience. You'll learn the
basic elements and principles of design
(e.g., line, color, shape, balance, variety and
repetition) and how to apply them
effectively to museum exhibits; the process of exhibit
development; conservation
concerns and the use of archival materials in the
design of exhibit cases and
components; the design of exhibit labels, typography,
exhibit lighting and accessibility.
Studies offers
continuing education to meet the training
needs of individuals
who work to
preserve historic landscapes and cultural,
historic, and artistic
properties.
Workshops and courses last from two days to two weeks.
Students are housed
in dormitories on the campus of the former Shimer College,
a group of 14
structures listed on the National Register
of Historic Places.
Mt. Carroll is in
the Northwest corner of Illinois, about 2 ½ hours from Chicago.
Regards,
Diane Gutenkauf
Campbell Center Curriculum Committee
c/o Campbell Center for
Historic Preservation Studies
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