Layouts

We will work with you to develop to-scale layouts of your exhibition using the schematics below. We have included two forms of templates below - a downloadable PDF with accurate dimensions of each case, and an interactive PowerPoint with the same templates. 

Please provide dimensions of your objects no later than four months prior to your installation. Please reach out if you need guidance on how best to take the measurements of your objects.

Once we receive dimensions and photographs of your objects, we will provide first drafts of layouts no later than twelve weeks before installation to allow for time to evaluate requests for special lighting, stands, hanging arrangements, and display needs. 

Page openings for each book should be marked in advance with a strip of acid-free paper inserted in the book or indicated as a notation on the schematic. 

To help visualize objects in the 3D space, examples of previous installations are available via our Flickr, including:

• Open books (Jewish Worlds Illuminated)

• Mixed open and closed books (Risings: The Irish Literary Revival and the Making of a Nation)

• Bindings (Judging a Book by Its Cover) 

• Small-format objects (Best-Read Army in the World)

• Flats, ephemera, and large papers (A Century of Dining Out, Pattern & Flow)

Guidelines on Item Count 

For Ground Floor Gallery exhibitions, we expect exhibitors to show 125-140 objects, and we are able to accommodate no more than 150 total objects, abiding by the following maximums:

• Cases 1, 5, 7, and 11 (the outer corner cases) accommodate a maximum of 13 objects 

• Cases 2, 4, 8, and 10 (the inner cases) accommodate a maximum of 15 objects 

• Cases 3 and 9 accommodate a maximum of 10 objects 

• Case 6 accommodates a maximum of 12 objects 

• 1-2 framed items over the Cases 3 and 9. 

• 1-2 framed items hung on the South Wall

• All item labels should fit along the label rail. See Labels for more information on label design.

NB: If you plan to exhibit many large items, the maximum for each case will be lower. Images of previous exhibitions may reflect different final item counts. These current item counts reflect our updated guidelines.

We require layouts prior to the installation, regardless of whether you will be present, to ensure we have the appropriate resources onsite to install your objects.