Exhibition catalogue

The exhibition catalog is a printed matter in the form of a list with explanations of what is being shown at an exhibition. It can vary in content and format, from a pure list of the illustrated book with essays or explanations catalog section and relevant advertisements to the elaborate coffee table book.

Principle must be distinguished depending on the exhibition purpose, two basic types of catalogs. It can be shown ( for example, in museum education ) or for sale exhibits unsaleable exhibition objects with the aim of public education. Some catalogs combine both purposes with one another. Exhibition catalogs of all of these forms are known since the 19th century. For the research they may have a high level source value as they inform about new developments on many subject areas and plant-related information. Publisher of exhibition catalogs are in many cases museum institutions, foundations, artists' associations, art dealers, clubs for operating a specific exhibition, commercial companies in the exhibition industry and public bodies.

Usually present exhibition catalogs today color photographs of all exhibits and other relevant materials, even if they are not shown in the exhibition. A so-called " catalog" describes the exhibits shown formally. In the field of art, there are often detailed essays on relevant, also the broader issues, a bibliography and a critical apparatus. More extensive catalog projects may appear as multi-volume publication, but typically is then a catalog and an explanation band.

The cheapening of four- color printing process in the 1960s also changed the accompanying materials for museum exhibitions. The catalogs of the museums for their special today are often a lot more detailed than the catalogs of the permanent exhibitions. They are sold as a paperback or hardcover edition, which may be about 15 % are priced above the Broschurausführung. The orders for the production of catalogs for exhibitions in publicly funded museums are usually awarded through a public tender procedure.

Are distributed exhibition catalogs of the organizers of the shows in their service areas, museum shops and bookstores. Depending on the objectives and funding of the respective exhibition they are commercially available or free of charge.

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Exhibition catalog of the k.k. geological Imperial Institute from 1873, Vienna

Catalog of an industrial exhibition in 1896, Dresden

Catalog of an art exhibition of 1900, Munich

Catalogue of a book exhibition at the Bibliotheca Zriniana, the library of the Croatian Viceroy Nikola Zrinski and poet from 1662, which was held in Čakovec 2008

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