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Exhibit Labels

Exhibit Labels is a type of interpretive graphic element that functions as a textual component within museum or exhibition design, distinguished by its role in providing concise, curated information to elucidate the significance, context, or narrative of displayed objects or themes.

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Oh, Yes, They Do: How Museum Visitors Read Labels and Interact with Exhibit Texts

Paulette M. McManus · Curator The Museum Journal · 1989 · 157 citations

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Exhibit Labels: An Interpretive Approach

Molly Phipps · Visitor Studies · 2018 · 112 citations

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Testing a museum exhibition design assumption: Effect of explicit labeling of exhibit clusters on visitor concept development

John H. Falk · Science Education · 1997 · 73 citations

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Use of Questions in Exhibit Labels to Generate Explanatory Conversation among Science Museum Visitors

Jill Hohenstein, Lynn Uyen Tran · International Journal of Science Education · 2007 · 63 citations · Full text

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The unintended effects of interactive objects and labels in the science museum

Leslie Atkins Elliott, Lisanne Velez, David Goudy et al. · Science Education · 2008 · 60 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. JP
    Joshua P. Gutwill

    Exploratorium, United States

    2 publications · 36 citations

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  2. MP
    Molly Phipps

    Science Museum of Minnesota, United States

    1 publications · 112 citations

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  3. CT
    Cheryl To

    University of Surrey, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  4. MH
    Michael Horn

    Northwestern University, United States

    1 publications · 39 citations

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  5. JR
    Jessica Roberts

    University of Cincinnati, United States

    1 publications · 39 citations

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Institutions

28

  1. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    39 citations

  2. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    156 citations

  3. Hunter College

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

  4. National Sun Yat-sen University

    Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    29 citations

  5. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    84 citations

  6. Phipps Houses

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    112 citations

  7. King's College London

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    126 citations

  8. The Scarborough Hospital

    Toronto, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    60 citations

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Venues

  1. Visitor Studies

    3 publications · 154 citations

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  2. Science Education

    2 publications · 133 citations

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  3. Curator The Museum Journal

    2 publications · 173 citations

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  4. Environment and Behavior

    1 publications · 48 citations

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  5. Journal of Interpretation Research

    1 publications · 27 citations

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