WARNING: THESE FINAL PROJECT PAGES CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
Do not skim. Read carefully. Maybe even print them out and mark them up.
Ignoring instructions or examples will cause you to waste time and become frustrated.
"and in the end"
The Beatles
the Final Project
The Final Project will be your preseantation of the museum itself, and there will be lots of images and text; the text will be about eight to ten pages, but a lot of that will be one section on a special exhibit--the research paper you have already done (which you can almost just copy/paste in); the part of the Project is worth 100 points.
As I noted on the Museum Project page, what you produce here for the final depends quite a bit on what you have researched, how you imagined differentiating your museum, and how you wish to present the information.
Your final project will include a look at the key features of your museum, as a catalog (which is not the same as a brochure; see an explanation of the difference in the pinkish box on the right), as a PowerPoint presentation, or a museum website. This should be roughly eight to ten pages of text (spread out over various sections, of course) not counting the many pictures or the floorplan you will have, and it is worth up to 100 points. Remember, you already have four+ pages of text done--your special exhibit.
It's hard to give you a specific page count. Your project will likely have several sections, and a lot depends on the vehicle (paper, PowerPoint, web) you use. You should have lots of pictures of "things" in your museum, and you will want accompanying text with the images (like a sign with information by an exhibit in an actual museum). With so many images, this could be pretty long. In the text you want a lot of detail; here are the kinds of things (or sections or tabs) often found in a museum catalog or on a museum website:
an About Us (or Welcome to the Museum of XYZ) section, which may have some background/history of the museum and probably the museum mission statement
a page with Admission, Hours, Location, Directions, Parking, Contact Information is especially important on a website, but some of that is often found in a catalog as well
a floorplan (an absolute must; think of this as a map visitors will follow)
sections on key exhibits with a few representative pictures and the accompaning informative text. Make sure there is informative and interesting information on each exhibit, not just a few sentences. I've sent you here before, but if you've not looked yet, check out the individual exhibit pages on the Museum of Jurassic Technology site here: mjt.org website.
a more in-depth section on at least one special exhibit; you already did this (though you may move things around a bit to make it look more attractive on the page); this is actually word-for-word your research paper, including pictures and the Works Cited information.
- Other misc. sections might include "What to do at the Museum," "Special Events," "Visit the Cafe and Gift Shop" (if you have one or both), "Thanks to our Sponsors," etc.
You certainly may turn this in as a Word (.doc, .docx. .pdf or .rtf) or .pdf document, but since there will be a lot of visuals as well as text, consider a Prezi or a PowerPoint file (attached to an e-mail), or (even better, especially if you are Web-savvy or have just always wanted to try making a Web page), you could create a museum website (maybe on a free blogsite such as WordPress or using SimpleSite or Weebly or a number of other free platforms) and send me the URL (http address) to the site where I can look at it.
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You can view samples in the Files section on Canvas.