Interesting conversation-  I haven't been following this thread, but I think
in some ways that having art or literature accessible makes it more real for
the non-museum going public.  At one time, the malls in Cincinnati and the
Public Library  installed library branches that were open regular mall
hours;  whether they are still operating I don't know.  I do know that they
were very popular for the two or three years I was still living in
Cincinnati during my undergraduate schooling.  Also, the Commons Mall in
Columbus Indiana has a branch of the Indianapolis Museum of Art.  The fiber
group I belong to went down there to see the travelling exhibition of Quilt
National this past weekend.    The space is secured, separated from the food
court, and not counting the ten of us, had about thirty visitors in two
hours (on a Sunday afternoon).   Columbus Indiana is not a large city by any
means, and yet people were coming to see the show.

At 09:58 PM 4/14/97 -0700, you wrote:
>In addition to the topic that we have been seeing (traveling exhibits to
>show in shopping malls) there is the topic of mini-museums located in
>shopping mall store spaces.  And of displays in shopping malls in general.
>