It takes many people from many different disciplines to make exhibitions happen. A Collaborative Approach to Exhibition Making is a practical guide for anyone managing this work because the way we plan and make impacts what we plan and make.

Making exhibitions takes creativity, problem-solving, and a well-supported process. The authors share tested ideas and tools to help collaborative teams build trust, generate ideas, communicate effectively, and develop shared understanding. This book dives into approaches to planning a project, understanding budgets and schedules, facilitating creative development, managing feedback, and selecting contractors. This book offers guidance on all aspects of exhibition making. It includes samples and added perspectives on this work from across many disciplines. Whether you're leading the creation of a new exhibit or engaged in any part of the exhibition making process, you'll find useful and insightful methods to support a collaborative approach.

A Collaborative Approach to Exhibition Making offers practical guidance to managing the full life cycle of exhibition projects. Whether you're leading the creation of a new exhibit or engaged in any part of the exhibition making process, you'll find useful and insightful methods to support a collaborative approach.

About the Author

Emily Saich has twenty-five years of experience managing the planning, development, design, prototyping, and fabrication of exhibitions and innovative visitor experiences. She has worked on several award-winning and influential exhibitions and managed projects for all types of museums and organizations including science centers, natural history museums, children's museums, public gardens, performing art centers, art museums, historic sites, zoos, and aquariums. Emily is director of Exhibition Projects at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, where she leads project strategy for major exhibitions and guides collaborative teams through design and creation of visitor-centered experiences. Emily has served on the board of the National Association for Museum Exhibitions and has experience teaching graduate level museum studies at Johns Hopkins University. Emily holds a Bachelor of Arts in studio art from California Polytechnic University, Humboldt, an MFA from Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University, and is a practicing artist.

Joey Scott is manager of Exhibition Project Delivery at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, where she leads project teams that create innovative exhibitions to inspire conservation of the ocean. With 20 years of experience in educational and museum settings, she's led a diversity of projects, including the creation of curriculum, professional development programs, digital products, libraries, and exhibitions. She's built expertise in facilitation, program development, and project management, with a particular focus on developing processes that support collaboration and creativity. She has served on the board of the Southwest Marine Educators Association and as a reviewer for Science and Children, a publication of the National Science Teachers Association. Her formal training includes a Bachelor of Science in genetics, an MA in education, and Project Management Professional and LEED AP ID+C certifications.

Book Information
ISBN 9781538185261
Author Emily Saich
Format Paperback
Page Count 200
Imprint American Alliance Of Museums
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Weight(grams) 313g