>from the moment the executive committee or whomever schedules the opening
>
>date and commits the museum to it, and the exhibition design department
>gets out its pencils, to the opening date itself.


We operate on an 18-month to 2 1/2-year schedule.  I set the dates in
January for the year beginning a year from July.  However, the actual
content/design/catalogue development period is about one year on average.

Our current length record is our current exhibition, "Indiana Collects
Calder," which we began planning in late 1992--an almost 4 year schedule.


Julia Moore
Director of Exhibitions and Artist Services
Indianapolis Art Center