Standards for touring exhibitions / Museums & Galleries Commission.

  • Great Britain. Museums and Galleries Commission.
Date:
1995
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Licence: Open Government Licence

Credit: Standards for touring exhibitions / Museums & Galleries Commission. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1.1 Pi2 Standards for exhibition policies Every organiser and every venue should draw up, publish and regularly review an exhibition policy, which should consider the contribution made by touring exhibitions. 1.2 have a policy which includes its reasons for touring; 1.3 relate this policy to its corporate or business plan; 1.4 consider the time and cost implications of this policy; 1.5 take account of the exhibition policies of venues. 1.6 take account of the organiser’s exhibition policy when considering a loan. 1) have a policy which includes its reasons for hosting touring exhibitions; 1.8 relate this policy to its corporate or business plan; 1.9 consider the time and cost implications of this policy; 1.10 provide organisers of touring exhibitions with copies of its exhibition policy. Guidelines and notes An exhibition policy will be unique to each institution, and will reflect the aims and objectives set out in the corporate plan. It will help to set priorities and determine how resources should be apportioned. It should be sufficiently precise to allow evaluation, while flexible enough to allow for changing situations. Management should formally approve the policy and review it at least every five years. The policy should be written to define and explain the character of a programme in a way which can be used to attract support from government departments, local authorities, funders and others. A copy of the policy should accompany applications, to set the context for the exhibition for which a loan or funding is requested [9]. A venue’s policy should help to persuade an organiser of the value of showing the exhibition there. The policy should define the issues and themes which the institution wishes to pursue in its exhibition programme, and should account for the choice of types of, or subjects for, exhibitions. It should indicate any relationship between the exhibitions programme and the permanent displays or other aspects of the institution’s work. It should refer to the policies of other institutions in the area, not only to avoid unnecessary duplication and waste of resources, but also to point to frameworks for collaboration. It should include statements on equal opportunities, disability and cultural identity, and should define its attitude to groups within the community and to living artists [11, 13, 24]. The policy should be available to visitors, to explain why they see what they see [23]. Subjects and themes can be identified or tested by market research, in order to reflect the needs, preferences, characteristics and behaviour of actual and potential visitors [2]. This information should be used in revising policy and in planning future programmes. The policy should reflect, and help to widen, the expert knowledge and experience of the curators, designers and educatiow staff in the institution [4]. Feedback should be encouraged from other staff