The newly-opened Asian gallery at the Indianapolis Museum of Art has a
room with these drawers as well as some glassed-in open storage
cabinets.  Not all of them are full at the moment.  When I was there
someone was looking very intently at them. The room was not very
inviting--in fact, it was unclear that the public was really supposed to
be in there, because there was no graphic signage or even comfortable
places to sit and look through the drawers.  But there was no closed
door and it was placed just like another exhibit room, so we went in.

Julia Muney Moore
Public Art Administrator
Blackburn Architects, Indianapolis, IN
(317) 875-5500 x230
 
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Who has exhibit drawers?

Hi All,

I am a graduate student who is doing my thesis on the good, the bad, and
the
ugly of museum exhibit drawers.  These are the types of drawers that
visitors can open up and see objects underneath glass.  They are often
called discovery drawers.  I would appreciate your help in finding
museums
that have such drawers.  

Thank you,

Lisa Marie Oliver
UW Museology Graduate Program
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