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For reference Argyle Design
Why Exhibition Design in a Museum?
—What are the social and educational responsibilities of a museum?
—What role do they play in educating, expanding and enriching our experiences? In "audience development"?
—What is different from a museum than an entertainment venue? Or are they both?
The Unexhibitable
—One thing noted in controversial topics often the "risky subjects" related to the exhibit are relegated to special talks and associated programming.
—By paying attention to many points of view inherent in exhibited topics rather than presenting only a view from within the museum.
—Controversial Exhibits
Body Worlds (on display with consent)
Bodies the Exhibition (on display without)
Question?
What is the difference of having a "Holocaust" museum in the United States vs. "Rape of Nanking" museum?
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Contextualizing Culture
—The role of museums in presenting and translating cultural experiences.
—Issues of access and audience, cultural relevance and audience development!
—Integration of neighborhoods, nuetrality in one space.
—Utilization of diversity, multicultural themes, unique to the communities
—What do you want to know? Develope a multicultural board or a board from the community.
—Poll staff, community, research, nationally and internationally looking for inspiration
—Knowing about theories on how the particular audience learns (this is key when developing exhibits) such as auditory, visual and kinesthetic learners.
—Piaget's theory-children begin with intuitive comments based on experience.
—Worked with outside creative sources such as theatre companies, historians, scholars, anthropologists, ethnomusicologists writers, activists and artists.
—Did not limit to science, but to cultural diversity, ethnicity, bullying, cultural curiosity wanted to be relevant!
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Unexhibitiable would have said a "concept" such as "race" may be difficult to exhibit, but this article demonstrates ways in which diversity can be expressed and celebrated.