Day Two: Thursday

I. Objects: Objects become exhibitions

Portland Museum of Art: Object Stories

Objects becoming exhibitions (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 89kB Jun29 11).

Case Study:
Influence: Faculty Selections from College Collections
Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College
Exhibition brochure (Acrobat (PDF) 3.7MB Jun29 11).
A peek inside the Cabinets of Curiosity at the Faulconer Gallery.

II. The Anatomy of an Exhibition

Loans, the exhibition prospectus, and reconciling the actual in the age of the virtual.






Examples of student labels. (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 12.2MB Jul6 11)

• Framework for Assessing Excellence in Exhibitions (Microsoft Word 28kB Dec6 12)
  Beverly Serrell
  Framework for Assessing Excellence in Exhibitions from a Visitor-Centered Perspective
  Judging Exhibitions: A Framework for Assessing Excellence, 2006
• Columbia University Libraries: Guidelines for Lending Materials for Exhibition (Acrobat (PDF) 2.6MB Jun12 11)
• Mickey's 10 Commandments (Microsoft Word 28kB Jun12 11)
  Martin Sklar, Walt Disney Imagineering, Education vs. Entertainment
  American Association of Museums Annual meeting, 1987
  

The Trials and Triumphs of Modernizing Melodrama
Notes on Carol Donelan's experience. (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 88kB Jul5 11)

Homework

1. Janet Marstine's article: What a Mess! (Acrobat (PDF) 149kB Jun13 11)
2. Peruse Museum 2.0 website. Select one or two posts that model best practices, inspire imitation, provoke disagreement. What the heck is a "participatory" or audience-centered museum? And what does this have to do with our students/audience/assignments?