Judy;

I think your inclination is correct. Now, if you were going to show the 20+
highly erotic ceramics in a collection also held by the Canadian Museum of
Civilization, I think such a warning might be warranted. My colleagues at
CMC have beeb wrestling with how to exhibit THAT material for years!!!

Harry
Harry Needham
Special Advisor - Programme Development
Canadian War Museum
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Ottawa, Canada
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> From:         Judy Koke[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Reply To:     Museum discussion list
> Sent:         Tuesday, April 20, 1999 5:52 PM
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> Subject:      Nude Youths
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> The Denver Museum of Natural History will have a fall exhibition about
> Amazonia.  ( Actually from the Canadian Museum of  Civilization  in Hull).
> In this exhibition there are some life-size photgraphs of naked children.
> Should we anticipate trouble and post a sign at the entrance - thus giving
> parents a choice?  Or does doing so turn it into a bigger deal than it
> really is?  Our inclination is too simply ignore it.
>