museum labels
Artifact information cards
Museum labels are the small explanatory texts displayed alongside artworks or artifacts in galleries and exhibitions.
They typically include the title, artist or maker, date, medium, and often a brief description providing context.
The term sometimes appears in discussions of institutional voice and interpretation: The museum labels told visitors what to think rather than inviting them to look.
- placardsSigns carried at demonstrations
- captionsText describing visual content
- title cardOn-screen text identifying work
- descriptionsAccounts of characteristics
- fine printMiniature contractual text
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museum labelsexhibition catalog
Printed guide to artworks shown
exhibition catalogue · in-depth analysis · monograph · documentary film · wall text
museum labelssilent contemplation
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