Producing a successful touring exhibition can be a risky operation for any museum or science centre and it demands significant financial resources in order to achieve a high quality exhibition likely to attract the maximum number of visitors.

These guidelines aim to evaluate all dimensions of this challenge, identify key factors and analyse problems and solutions in order to draw a set of practical guidelines useful to other institutions in Europe and further afield.

These guidelines were produced in 2004 as part of the EU-funded CASTEX project (Common Approach to Scientific Touring Exhibitions).