MY HISTORYPublicationsTeachingCONTENTSExhibit DevelopmentInterpretive exhibitsLOGISTICSLECTURE I – COURSE INTROMonday, May 12WHO AM I?Eugene DillenburgExhibit DeveloperScience Museum of MinnesotaBEST WAY TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ME: [email protected]: [email protected]. Check both every day, usually in evening. Quick question answered by morning.If you must: (651) 221-4706. Office in Minnesota.MY HISTORYDegree in Advertising from small liberal arts college.20s – bopping from job to job, decided to take stock, find something I wanted to do.Volunteered at Academy Parents took us to museums as kidsAlways liked scienceCollections and DevelopmentStarted applying Late1989, FMNH: Administrative Assistant in Public Programs. STORY: Paha, Morning Star, I’m the developer, what’s a developer?Would spend 13 years finding out7 years at FMNH – Miscellaneous Drawer. Major projects vs. fall through the cracks. Bigger stuff toward end: Dino Families.(Also Visitor Services and Collections.)Mid-1997: Shedd. Gearing up major Philippine Reef project. 4 years as Lead Exhibit Developer. Just opened last month.Hired for project. Early 2001, job winding down, took offer from SMM.SMM does their own permanent and temporary shows; builds and circulates traveling shows; and hires our services out to other museums to build their shows, permanent and traveling, big and small. So far:Playing With Time – traveling showConstitution Center – object theaterCornell Lab of Ornithology – visitor centerRobots and Us – traveling showMisc.Professional affiliations:Member AAM. Go to annual conference every year; presented several times.2003 Portland: next week – presenting on excellence project2004 New Orleans: May 6-102005 Indianapolis: May 1-5Subcommittees for Audience Research (CARE) and for Exhibits (NAME)2nd VP / Membership Chair of NAMEIndividual member ASTCConference in St. Paul, November 8-11, will presentAssociation of Midwest Museums: have presented thereConference Milwaukee, November 5-82004: Grand Rapids, October 20-23Minnesota Association of Museums: have presented (and Illinois)Association in every state, including MichiganPublications- Curator- Exhibitionist (NAME)- Hand-to-Hand- Current TrendsTeaching- Lectures here in Intro class (twice)- Summer session last year- Label writing workshop several times and places (class #7)WHO ARE YOU?Exhibits as communication – cover communications theory. Control content, control delivery – do not control audience.To tailor my message and presentation, I need to know who you guys are.Everybody:- Name- Why you are here – what you expect to get out of this- Other museum classes you have taken- Any museum experience- What you want to do when you grow upCONTENTS First two sessions of Juan’s class, expanded.Exhibit DevelopmentNOT DesignNOT ProductionThose do interface, of course, but we’ll be treating them as a BLACK BOX.For our purposes, enough to know that Development needs input from these areas; we will not be replicating that input.Same goes for Curation, Registration, Collections Management, Project Management.All impact Exhibit Development in important ways. Need to be aware. But for purposes of assignments, we’ll just assume they’re running smoothly.Interpretive exhibitsSpecific educational goals and agenda; info and messages to communicate.Leaves out a lot of Art and Children’s exhibitsLOGISTICS Website: www.msu.edu/~dillenbu/Course syllabus and outlinesAssignmentsReadingsLecture notesLinksAssociationsMuseum photosResourcesFun stuffHAND OUT SYLLABUS and OUTLINE (also on website)Schedule: M – W – F 9:00 – 2:30Not every week; three long breaksNine sessions in all: a couple might run a little longTHESE DATES ARE SETLunch break and two snack breaksReadings:REQUIRED: Planning for People in Museum Exhibitions (McLean)Developing Museum Exhib. Lifelong Learning (Durbin)Handout packetsDISTRIBUTE PACKETSRecom.: Exhibit Labels: An Interpretive Approach (Serrell)And: various in-class handoutsContent reading for you team assignmentsFirst four sessions are heavy on reading and theory; not many assignments.Next five are much lighter reading; but assignments every week.Labs and LecturesFive hours talking is too much – for speaker or audience.Each session will have in-class exercises.Trips: One field trip – Friday, May 30 – local museum TBD.Projects A couple of standard assignments, theory papers.Mostly, practice in exhibit developmentWe move step-by step through exhibit development process:Class lecture on a stepIn-class activity duplicating processHomework: doing step again on team projectDevelop two exhibits (both hypothetical)In-class: intro to MSU Homework: teams, develop exhibit on a theme assigned this afternoonSome assignments individual, some group.Grading200 possible points (see syllabus)Kris Morrissey collects and grades journals; I do everything else.4.0 188 points (94%)3.5 176 points (88%)3.0 164 points (82%)2.5 150 points (75%)Late fees: 5 points if assignment not turned in on time10 points if more than 72 hours late15 points is more than 144 hours lateetc.EVERYTHING DUE BY 9:00 A.M. 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