In article <[log in to unmask]>,
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>I've been casually discussing with exhibition staff here some of the
>things that were brought up in the "no more curators" thread a couple of
>months (?) ago. One thing I don't recall having been discussed, and which
>
>is a rather hot topic here, is the time frame given a curator or an
>exhibition team to produce a temporary exhibition.  To be more precise
>(since exibitions can be based on years of prior research & negotiation):

Another way of looking at this question is to as how many staff-hours
are involved in putting up an exhibition, how those hours break down
into hours of 2-d designer, hours of conservators, etc. (or in a tiny
museum, hours of volunteer curator).  It is then frightening to see how
those hours can be slotted in to other work (or what other work will
have to be cancelled if an exhibition is to open).


--
Pat Reynolds
Keeper of Social History, Buckinghamshire County Museum
Museum Training Supervisor, Bletchley Park, and
Freelance Curator

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