Summary
This didactic exhibition label from the Industrial and Technological Museum explains the various methods for reworking trees over to new varities by leaving the frame intact. It details a number of grafting methods.
Dating from the 1920s era of the Applied Science arm of what later became Museums Victoria, this label employs a standard approach for Applied Science. The original display also illustrated each grafting method in great detail with the assistance of tree models. (See related records.)
Physical Description
Single-sided, typewritten print on sepia (aged) card, mounted on thick dark brown cardboard. 4mm border. Signs of adhesive on back.
Significance
The Historic Exhibition Labels Collection illustrates the changing styles in didactic interpretation, aesthetics and approaches to audiences engagment throughout the history of Museums Victoria. From the earliest days of the National Museum of Victoria in the mid 1800s, through the various incarnations of the Applied Sciences collection, to the amalgamation of all the branches into Museums Victoria, the labels chart a course through the changes in audience needs and desires. There are beautiful examples of hand-written Ninteenth Century labels, some examples of extremely long didactic panels from the early twentieth century, and rare and unusal fonts in the mid twentieth century. The collection also illustrates the transition from hand-written and painted labels to the use of typewriters, then Letraset, and ultimately printed labels, culminating in the large format digital print room being introduced at Melbourne Museum in 2000.
More Information
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Collecting Areas
Museum History, Information & Communication, Public Life & Institutions
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Creator
Industrial & Technological Museum, Victoria, Australia, circa 1920
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Inscriptions
"POLE" METHODS OF RE-WORKING / [Extensive text]
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Object Dimensions
181 mm (Width), 3 mm (Depth), 140 mm (Height)
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Dimensions
172 mm (Width), 3 mm (Depth), 172 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Exhibitions, Agriculture, Museum Display Panels, Museum Exhibitions, Museums