Signages in Kolkata Indian Museum is basically trilingual, Bengali, English and in Hindi.There is no particular style which has been maintained to develop the signage system inside the museum, so one can see a various range of styles. Like printed sunboards, paper printouts on transparent acrylic sheet casing and then mounted on elevated wooden and stone base at different angles depending on the height of the base for information about the sculptures.
Also there are letters cut out of plywood mounted on wooden panels out of which few letters are chipping off, even though it is kept indoor. This has happened because lower grade of ply with poor intralayer adhesive has been used.
Paper printouts for outdoor signages, brass letters mounted on black vinyl sheet,handwritten type on wooden panel are also there.
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