Summary
Six printed exhibition labels on textured card that formed part of a museum display on Marsupial Mice; Stuart's, Yellow-footed and Swainson's at the National Museum of Victoria, circa 1960. This set also included a duplicate, illustrating the use of duplicate labels as change-overs.
Physical Description
Rectangular signs, single-sided with black printed text on brown textured card.
Significance
The labels in the Historic Exhibition Labels Collection illustrate the changing styles in didactic interpretation, aesthetics and approaches to audience engagement 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 through to the amalgamation of all the branches into Museums Victoria, the labels chart a course through the changes in audience needs and desires in Victoria and across the museums' various sites. There are beautiful examples of hand written nineteenth century labels, some examples of extremely long didactic panels from the early twentieth century, and rare and unusual fonts in the mid twentieth century. The collection also illustrates the transition from hand-written labels to the use of typewriters, then lettera set 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
National Museum of Victoria, Victoria, Australia, circa 1960
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Inscriptions
STUART'S MARSUPILA MOUSE (extended text) YELLOW_FOOTED MARSUPIAL MOUSE (extended text) SWAINSON'S MARSUPIAL MOUSE (extended text)
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2D Dimensions - Object
150 mm (Width), 55 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Exhibitions, Mammals, Museum Display Panels, Museum Exhibitions, Museums