Good, not great
The numbers of the exhibits referring to the labels were sometimes difficult to find, some labels were in shadow and others near floor level were difficult to read. However, once found, the language in the relevant labels was good.
The timeline describing a journey, near to the entrance, was difficult to follow, as neither a starting point nor a direction to follow was indicated.
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Hide AdRegarding content, Catherine the Great was variously referred to as Catherine, Ekaterina, Catherina II and Sophie without making this multiplicity of names clear to the reader.
There did not appear to be any clear logic to the ordering of the exhibits. A plan of the layout and a map of the countries mentioned in the exhibition would have helped considerably.
While these did not spoil the exhibition, they did make it more difficult to follow and become totally absorbed in it.
Colin Millar
Middlemuir Road
Inverurie