Museum label

A museum label, also referred to as a caption or tombstone,[1] is a label describing an object exhibited in a museum or one introducing a room or area.[2][3] Museum labels tend to list the artist's name, the artwork's name, the year the art was completed, and the materials used. They may also include a summary, description, the years the artist lived, and the dimensions of the work. When such labels are used in an art gallery setting they often also include the price of the artwork.

The first known museum label
A basic object label at the de Young Museum

The first known museum labels are from Ennigaldi-Nanna's museum and date to circa 530 BCE.[4][5] By the end of the 19th century, object labels, usually with less information than modern examples, had become standard in Western museums. Increasingly, labels in non-English-speaking countries have labels in English as well as the main local language, and in some parts of the world, labels in three or more languages are common.

References
  1. "Museums Explained: Definitions". Traditional Fine Arts Organization website. Retrieved 2019-10-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. Writing Exhibit Labels / object labels Archived 2011-04-30 at the Wayback Machine
  3. The Enduring Label — How Shall We Label Our Exhibit Today? Applying the Principles of On-Line Publishing to an On-Site Exhibition
  4. Woolley, Leonard (1982). Ur 'of the Chaldees'. P. R. S. Moorey, Leonard, Sir Woolley (Revised enlarged ed.). London: Herbert. ISBN 0-906969-21-2. OCLC 12460122. The room was a museum of local antiquities maintained by the princess Belshalti-Nannar, and in the collection was this clay drum, the earliest museum label known...
  5. Casey, W. Wilson (2009). Firsts: Origins of everyday things that changed the world. New York: Alpha. ISBN 978-1-59257-924-2. OCLC 432407790. Around 530 B.C.E. in Ur, an educational museum containing a collection of labeled antiquities was founded by Ennigaldi-Nannathe, daughter of Nabonidus, the last king of Babylonia.
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