Field House Museum

Click through the hotspots to learn about important parts of an exhibit. While you explore think about exhibits you have seen and if they have these element? Are there any elements here that you think shouldn't be considered essential? Are there any elements you think are missing?

What's in an exhibit?

Using this template create a descriptive label for an object. Consider what you might want to make an exhibit about. What kind of objects would you include in your exhibit? What research might you need to do about your object to interpret it?

Create Your Own Label

Parts of a Label

How does presenting different information change how the viewer sees an object?

Comparing Interpretations

Students will explore how museums tell different stories with the same objects, and how to tell their own stories with objects.

Educator Overview Telling Stories with Objects.pdf

Resource Kits

Object Library

Museums

Telling Stories With Objects

What's in an exhibit?

ACTIVITY 1

Comparing Interpretations

ACTIVITY 2

Parts of a Label

ACTIVITY 3

Create Your Own Label

ACTIVITY 4