. Guide leaflet. CORMER SPACES MAY BE USED FOR LABELS, SMALLER GROUPS,MINIATURE GROUPS. OR ADDITIONAL LIGHTS 1^ DESIRED . -^^ *i *?:• -r- ^> SHOWING WELL PROPORTIONED GROUPAREA , CURVE OF BACKGROUND ANDOPENINGS IN GROUPS /6X30aso 9X/5. 16 HVILDIMi THE MlSFAM CliOrr 17 X. Dry leav(\^ for the <i;r()iin(l may \)v i)r(.s(rve(l by soaking in fairlyhot water aiui then innnersinji; in jz;lycerine solution for a day. Whenthoroughly drained and excess moisture is evaporated, the leaves will besufficiently flexible to stand handling; without breaking;. XL The curved panoramic backgjround, which is
. Guide leaflet. CORMER SPACES MAY BE USED FOR LABELS, SMALLER GROUPS,MINIATURE GROUPS. OR ADDITIONAL LIGHTS 1^ DESIRED . -^^ *i *?:• -r- ^> SHOWING WELL PROPORTIONED GROUPAREA , CURVE OF BACKGROUND ANDOPENINGS IN GROUPS /6X30aso 9X/5. 16 HVILDIMi THE MlSFAM CliOrr 17 X. Dry leav(\^ for the <i;r()iin(l may \)v i)r(.s(rve(l by soaking in fairlyhot water aiui then innnersinji; in jz;lycerine solution for a day. Whenthoroughly drained and excess moisture is evaporated, the leaves will besufficiently flexible to stand handling; without breaking;. XL The curved panoramic backgjround, which is now in universal usefor museum Groups, may be adapted to almost any architectural condi-tion with more or less success, a. However, for best results, any hall ofGroup exhibits should be laid out on paper to determine requirements inadvance of the drawing of the architectural plans. It does not follow. Under structure for a background. Metal mav be substituted for wood that an already existing Hall may not be suited to Group exhibits. In-deed, it may te admirably so. Aluch depends upon the size of theGroups desired, h. For instance, in a Hall of North American Mammals,where there must be shown buffalo, moose, elk and other large animals,the Group area should be from approximately 18X30 feet for the largestanimals to perhaps 10X15 for the Virginia deer. Smaller animals wouldrequire a proportionately smaller area, always keeping the horizontaldepth at about 609^ of the width. Not less than a 16 foot ceiling cangive a wholly satisfactory effect to a Group of 18x30 feet. Therefore, 18 AMERICAN MUSEUM GUIDE LEAFLET even the smaller Groups in the same Hall will have an equal height,which is rather an advantage than otherwise. c. The curve of the background should be continuous, but not a per-fect arc. A sharp break in the shoulders of the curve should be avoid-ed. In others words, do not
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