System and method for providing retrievable artwork details through interchangeable placards

A method for providing information through physical placards for artwork displays which are interchangeable, comprising the steps of:

• providing displayed item information relating to an item being exhibited;
• generating by an administrator computer system placard information, wherein said placard information is operative to be input into a user computer;
• causing said placard information to be displayed in a physical location which is adjacent to said first item being exhibited;
• and
• associating by said administrator computer system said displayed item information and said placard information such that entering said placard information into said user computer causes said user computer to retrieve said displayed item information.

A method for providing information through physical placards for artwork displays which are interchangeable, comprising the steps of:

• providing a first item being exhibited and a second item being exhibited;
• providing first displayed item information relating to said first item being exhibited and second displayed item information relating to said second item being exhibited;
• providing placard information, wherein said placard information is operative to be input into a user computer;
• causing said placard information to be displayed in a first physical location which is adjacent to said first item being exhibited;
• following the step of causing said placard information to be displayed in a first physical location, associating by an administrator computer system said first displayed item information and said placard information such that entering said placard information into said user computer causes said user computer to retrieve said first displayed item information;
• following the step of associating said first displayed item information, causing said placard information to be displayed in a second physical location which is adjacent to said second item being exhibited and said placard information to no longer be displayed in said first physical location;
• and
• following the step of causing said placard information to be displayed in a second physical location, associating by an administrator computer system said second displayed item information and said placard information such that entering said placard information into said user computer causes said user computer to retrieve said second displayed item information.