>   it is interesting to note developments in the American Museum of
>Natural History...
A paleontologist headed the exhibit team for the Fossil
>   Vertebrate exhibits (dinosaurs and extinct mammal halls), or at least
>   is publicly recognized and identified as the person responsible for
>   the exhibit (though the exhibit designer Ralph Applebaum also has
>   been very visible in this regard).....
>   This arrangement has had its pro's and con's.  Witness the cladistics
>   diagram layout of the fossil halls (does anyone but the curator get
>   that?)


SO good to hear I was not the only one that didn't get that!! I even went
through the exhibit slowly, taking photos, etc... as I usually do with new
exhibits.  A teacher who works with the museum had to point it out to me
afterwards.
Was there any summative evaluation on the project that looked at this?
Just curious, -Kirsten Ellenbogen