Analysis of museum labels description
Analysis of museum labels description
Author(s): Anna Karpiewska, Dariusz Iwan, Przemysław Szymroszczyk, Ewa Lenard, Marek Halama, Dominika Pluta, Tadeusz DoboszSubject(s): Museology & Heritage Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: museum; museum collections; exhibit; description of the exhibit; label; muzeum; kolekcje muzealne; eksponat muzealny; opis eksponatu muzealnego; etykieta muzealna
Summary/Abstract: The aim of the study was to analyse the content of museum labels from various periods in terms of their usefulness in creating new labels for exhibits included in museum collections. Nearly 5,000 museum labels from the years 1811 to 2017 were reviewed, for exhibits at the Museum of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, Herbarium of the University of Wroclaw, and the Museum of Forensic Medicine at the Medical University of Wroclaw. On the basis of the collected information, an attempt was made to develop a ‘universal label’template, including a range of necessary information from the point of view of managing and maintaining the accessibility of the relevant collection.
Journal: Opuscula Musealia
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 26
- Page Range: 143-156
- Page Count: 19
- Language: English