Advising and Liaison
Our Mission
Part of our mission is to advise and consult with public and private institutions and individuals, and to act as a liaison in the coordination of high quality exhibitions for tour to non-profit cultural and educational institutions.
A primary interest of the Humanities Exchange is to respond to the new needs of museums that have grown as a result of the rapid transformation of society -- in helping them to cope with their changing audiences, the escalating financial pressures of organizing exhibitions, and the proliferation of new information and techniques of presenting exhibitions and reaching audiences.
The Humanities Exchange is not a travel exhibition service. Instead we act in an advisory capacity, and as a liaison to assist in facilitating all of the details of organizing a traveling exhibitions.
The Director of The Humanities Exchange, Shirley Reiff Howarth, is an art historian, and former museum director and curator who has worked with museums for over 35 years.
Advising and Liaison
Some of our responsibilities have included:
 Developing an exhibition tour by contacting potential host institutions and establishing an itinerary in North America and Europe. Developing loan agreements that outline the responsibilities and understanding between the borrowing institutions and the organizer of the exhibitions (or advise on standard contracts that may already be in use). Negotiating the loan contracts with the participating institutions. Act as a liaison between the lending and borrowing institutions to answer questions and inquiries, respond to problems, etc. Prepare advance documentation such as preliminary checklists, crate and packing lists, and installation requirements to host institutions. Arrange and monitor transport arrangements in Europe and North America. Assist and advise host institutions on advance publicity, verify exhibition credit lines. Prepare condition reports for host institutions.The Humanities Exchange can also assist exhibition organizers in the following:
To develop a project budget for the touring exhibition that will include all of the necessary related costs, that can be used to establish a pro-rated participation fee.
Coordinate the crating / packing of the exhibition in preparation for travel.
Coordinate insurance coverage for the duration of the tour.
Act as project manager for the development of an exhibition which can include coordinating the selection of curatorial advisors, develop the thematic scenario of the exhibition, write exhibition labels and text panels, assist in the selection of artifacts for inclusion, request loans from lending institutions, coordinate copyright requests, develop marketing plan for sales boutiques, develop marketing strategy for exhibition program of an institution.
Please feel free to contact us to discuss an upcoming project.
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The Humanities Exchange
A non-profit corporation
Belleair Bluffs, FL USA
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Montreal, CANADA
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Tel 514-935-1228 ; Fax 514-935-1299
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