Museum label

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Label describing an object exhibited in a museum

title: "Museum label" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["museum-education", "museology"] description: "Label describing an object exhibited in a museum" topic_path: "general/museum-education" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_label" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Label describing an object exhibited in a museum ::

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A museum label is a label describing an object exhibited in a museum or one introducing a room or area.Writing Exhibit Labels / object labels The Enduring Label — How Shall We Label Our Exhibit Today? Applying the Principles of On-Line Publishing to an On-Site Exhibition

At a minimum, museum labels should identify the creator, title, date, location, and materials of the work, insofar as these can be known. Ideally, museum labels should also include didactic information that can be related to wider ideas such as the history, culture, interpretation, and context of the work.

The first known museum labels are from Babylonian princess and high priestess Ennigaldi-Nanna's museum and date to circa 530 BCE.

References

References

  1. "Museums Explained: Definitions".
  2. Woolley, Leonard. (1982). "Ur 'of the Chaldees'". Herbert.
  3. Casey, W. Wilson. (2009). "Firsts: Origins of everyday things that changed the world". Alpha.

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