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Show PERMANENT MUSEUM DISPLAY Use Criteria: The final form, location and substance of the permanent museum display is to a great degree a function of the group of jurisdiction that ultimately decides to fund it. It is the opinion of the planners that a permanent -exhibition regarding the Dominguez-Escalante Expedition be to both accomplished in a location of potentially _high raffic the allow' for to installation and costs of such an mitigate the Communities the to .along subject. greatest opportunity promulgate .major tourist ways would be the primary target areas for an .installa - tion of this kind. The exhibition would require a spac not less than 700 square feet, As shown in the drawings, the modular nor more than 1,000 square feet. would allow for modification to of exhibition the proposed quality accommodate the peculiarities of the space into which the exhibit In the course of our study it was would ultimately be installed. proposed to do a permanent exhibit of this type in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah. This plan recommends that one exhibit, executed with care and thoroughness, and using all of the artifacts available to the exhibit designer, would ultimately provide a richer experience for a greater number of people than four mediocre installa tions scattered through a four state area. Quali-ty rather than quantity Exhibition. Permanent should be the keynote for the . Content Criteria: (See are Schematic Content Plan for orientation. keyed to this plan.) A. Introduction and Orientation: Letter designations below As the visitor first enters the exhibit, he is told something of the people responsible for mounting the exhibition, the pur statement pose of the exhibit itself, and a philosophical the Southwest of relating the Bicentennial concept to the events the about A brief high impact statement expedition in 1776. visually dominates the entrance. B. The Spanish Empire and New Spain: Setting the Stage. A description of the immediate needs within New Spain, such as the need for further colonization and more extensive .trade routes, and how these needs precipitated the formation of an expedition party. C. An Understanding of the Indigenous Peoples: A series of words and images that describe the Southwest through the peoples and cultures that inhabited it for A-13 |
