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  • 1.  magnifying glasses

    Posted 10-05-2016 01:32 PM

    I am working to integrate a couple of magnifying glasses into a textile exhibit for closer viewing of garment construction/embellishments.  Does anyone have guidance about reasonable approaches for magnification like this?  Thank you,

     

    Marcella Wells

    Wells Resources, Inc.

    Fort Collins, CO

     



  • 2.  RE: magnifying glasses

    Posted 10-06-2016 08:42 AM

    Marcella - We've used magnifying lenses numerous times with great success. We've used a lens in a "slider" to view multiple objects, single lenses inside a case, hand lenses (which unfortunately keep going missing) as well as microscopes. Recently we did a vintage-victorian-look glass with brass mounts. There are numerous style to choose from on the Web, even self illuminating ones for dark galleries.

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    Craig Yanek
    Artist IV/Exhibit Production
    Milwaukee Public Museum
    Milwaukee WI

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  • 3.  RE: magnifying glasses

    Posted 10-07-2016 09:06 AM
    Great idea.  We provide magnifying devices for most of our exhibitions these days. We use hand-held rectangular lenses for many purposes, but for 18th and 19th c. broadsides and promotional publications, we install 8 3/8' x 10 7/8" Bausch & Lamb Magna-Pages, full sheet magnifiers.  Our captions are 14  - 16 pt. minimum, but the text in the documents can be minuscule.  

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