More thoughts on exhibit signage

I've written previously about signs in exhibit spaces like the National Zoo and the New York Historical Society and how, if I were queen of the world, I would do things differently. I'm still on my queen kick after going to the just-fabulous maps exhibit at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore. (It closes on June 8, so hurry yourself to Baltimore.) This is a really good, interesting exhibit of maps brought in from all over the world. They have excellent descriptions of what you're looking at, but many of them are on the front of the cases, hip-high, and in necessarily dim illumination, so you have everyone who wants to read about that map packed in a small space, and certainly not more than one deep. It was easy to identify those of us of a certain age - we were the ones trying to adjust the bifocals to get the right perspective and usually ended up bent over like cranes hunting for fish. Oh, for good spot lighting on a wall.