- are very short texts written by the curators, or by the museum staff, sometimes by the artists themselves, to inform the viewers about the exhibited works, by providing such details as the title of the work, the medium/media, its dimensions, the artist's name, and very short biographical data, the date the work was finished, the name of the owner or collector, specific technique/s
http://museumtwo.blogspot.ro/2007/03/iso-understanding-rethinking-art-museum.html?m=1
http://museumtwo.blogspot.ro/2007/03/iso-understanding-rethinking-art-museum.html?m=1

The term you're describing is museum labels, also called wall labels or art labels
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