Analysis of museum labels description

• Authors: Anna Karpiewska , Dariusz Iwan , Przemysław Szymroszczyk , Ewa Lenard , Marek Halama , Dominika Pluta , Tadeusz Dobosz

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the study was to analyse the content of museum labels from various periods in terms of their usefulness in creating new labels for exhibits included in museum collections. Nearly 5,000 museum labels from the years 1811 to 2017 were reviewed, for exhibits at the Museum of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, Herbarium of the University of Wroclaw, and the Museum of Forensic Medicine at the Medical University of Wroclaw. On the basis of the collected information, an attempt was made to develop a ‘universal label’template, including a range of necessary information from the point of view of managing and maintaining the accessibility of the relevant collection.

Keywords

EN

museum; museum collections; exhibit; description of the exhibit; label

PL

muzeum; kolekcje muzealne; eksponat muzealny; opis eksponatu muzealnego; etykieta muzealna

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Opuscula Musealia
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 26
• Pages: 143-156

Dates

published

2019

Contributors

author

Anna Karpiewska

• Uniwersytet Medyczny we Wrocławiu

• https://orcid.org/0000000244485594

author

Dariusz Iwan

• Polska Akademia Nauk

• https://orcid.org/0000000301467916

author

Przemysław Szymroszczyk

• Polska Akademia Nauk

• https://orcid.org/0000000322265782

author

Ewa Lenard

• Uniwersytet Wrocławski

• https://orcid.org/0000000219604520

author

Marek Halama

• Uniwersytet Wrocławski

• https://orcid.org/0000000209046641

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Dominika Pluta

• Uniwersytet Medyczny we Wrocławiu

• https://orcid.org/0000000162469566

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Tadeusz Dobosz

• Uniwersytet Medyczny we Wrocławiu

• https://orcid.org/0000000304139109

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Identifiers

DOI

10.4467/20843852.OM.18.009.11002

Biblioteka Nauki

2171587