Try "The West as America" at the National Museum of American Art in 1991 and 
"Science in American Life" at the National Museum of American History a few 
years later - the latter generated a considerable flap with its principal 
sponsor, the American Chemical Society. Also "Mining the Museum" at the 
Maryland Historical Society about 1995. On the Enola Gay exhibit, I wonder 
if you are familiar with the fine article on the press coverage of the 
controversy by Tony Capacera and Uday Mohan in the July/August 1995 issue of 
_American Journalism Review_. It's called "The Target" and it deals with a 
critical aspect of the hassle that most museum people are not familiar with, 
the public relations battle between the Air Force Association and the 
Smithsonian. It is especially good read in conjunction with Mike Wallace's 
_Museum News_ article (also July/August 1995) on the controversy. If you'd 
like a copy, let me know off-list and I'll mail you a xerox.

Lonn Taylor
Fort Davis, Texas
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keni Sturgeon" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 4:20 PM
Subject: Controversial Exhibits and Videos


> Hello all,
>
> I have two separate and slightly related questions.  I have been teaching 
> an introduction to museums course for the past three years.  One of the 
> assignments I have students do is research and present on a Controversial 
> Exhibit or an ethical dilemma.  This works well when my enrollment is 
> down, but the course is gaining in popularity and I'm running out of 
> controversial exhibits.  I'm wondering what exhibits members of the list 
> could suggest.  They are covering "Enola Gay", "Sensation", and "Old 
> Glory, the American Flag in Contemporary Art" as well as some 
> controversial exhibit topics, such as sex, Mapplethorpe, and displaying 
> nudes.  What other exhibits come to mind?
>
> Second, I am looking for suggestions for museum videos.  Not videos with 
> museums, or videos by museums about their collections/exhibits, but videos 
> about a museum.  I have one from The Heard Museum, which is great, and I 
> have some recordings from the PBS series "Great Museums" (some episodes 
> are helpful, others not so much).  Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Keni Sturgeon
> Jensen Arctic Museum
> Western Oregon University
> Monmouth, OR 97361
>
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