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contract | tour publicity packet | tour poster | evaluation form-visitor | evaluation form-sponsor

inventories: set A | set B        unpacking instructions: set A | set B

space requirements: see below

1945 U.S. Government film of Camp Crystal City, Texas |  la película en espanol

English/Spanish Transcript of NBC Dateline about WWII-Era Civilian Internment

BBC News' The Lost Voices of Crystal City

Space Requirements

The exhibit consists of 17 information panels:

10 panels are 27" wide x 28" tall

3 panels are 28" wide x 44" tall

intro panel is 44" wide x 28" tall

title panel is 12" x 30"

1 supporting panel is 21 3/4 x 21 3/4 square

TRACES promo panel is 24" x 17"

In addition there are several Spanish translation panels:

the largest of these is 16" x 23"

Panels have grommeted holes and may be hung on walls with screws or nails,

or strung with fishing line and hung from ceilings.

Some hosts have chosen to display the panels on easels or tripods as well.

introduction
27.5" wide x 44" tall

 background
27.5" wide x 44" tall
 map of camps
27.5" wide x 44" tall

 

timeline
45" wide x 27.5" tall

Physical items (inventory) arrangements may vary depending on space available.

Samples of Exhibit Prop Displays

St. Paul | Crystal City | Uvalde    for other ideas, click here
an example of how props were used in TRACES' showing of  VANISHED in its former St. Paul museum;



examples of how props were used and the panels were hung in Crystal City/Texas' showing of VANISHED:
the Uvalde/Texas Public Library hung the panels and arranged its set of the exhibit's props as shown below:
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