Possible Library of Congress Models (and Resources) for the AAS Exhibit
The African-American Mosaic Exhibition (Library of Congress)
The African American Mosaic exhibition at the Library of Congress offers one possible model for our exhibit. It includes a "front page" with a graphic and table of contents, an Introduction, a page of credits, and then pages on specific topics clustered under general themes. The nav bar at the bottom of each page allows you to simply "go to the next page" or "return to the table of contents," etc. Rather than using a centered or left-aligned table, the "mosaid" uses a full-screen layout (I believe), with one left-aligned column for the images and the rest of the space given over to prose. For that reason, there is more space for commentary than in many other kinds of exhibit layouts.
An example of the more traditional -- and perhaps more eye-appealing model -- is the companion piece, African-American Odyssey. That's also a possiibility
Both include a brief introductory essay not only on the exhibit as a whole, but on each theme at the top of each "exhibit case" page. Maybe using that tool would allow us to keep the prose next to each item short.
Whether or not we use one of these models, we should use them as resources on our bibliography page. For a more complete listing of related materials at the Library of Congress, go to The African American Odyssee menu page, which includes the African-American Pamphlet collection, the Douglass papers, and other resources.
The African American Mosaic exhibition at the Library of Congress offers one possible model for our exhibit. It includes a "front page" with a graphic and table of contents, an Introduction, a page of credits, and then pages on specific topics clustered under general themes. The nav bar at the bottom of each page allows you to simply "go to the next page" or "return to the table of contents," etc. Rather than using a centered or left-aligned table, the "mosaid" uses a full-screen layout (I believe), with one left-aligned column for the images and the rest of the space given over to prose. For that reason, there is more space for commentary than in many other kinds of exhibit layouts.
An example of the more traditional -- and perhaps more eye-appealing model -- is the companion piece, African-American Odyssey. That's also a possiibility
Both include a brief introductory essay not only on the exhibit as a whole, but on each theme at the top of each "exhibit case" page. Maybe using that tool would allow us to keep the prose next to each item short.
Whether or not we use one of these models, we should use them as resources on our bibliography page. For a more complete listing of related materials at the Library of Congress, go to The African American Odyssee menu page, which includes the African-American Pamphlet collection, the Douglass papers, and other resources.
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