>  But our new Hard Rock Cafe, Planet Hollywood, and ESPN Zone are doing
>great.
>
Interesting point.  Not that I'd want to see museums turned into Disney
World, but in this age of TV deadened brain cells (I had a professor who
would go off the subject every 10 minutes because he said students were so
used to TV that they couldn't focus if he didn't do "commercials"), how do
you teach/inform/enlighten without entertaining/thrilling/suprising?  And,
ultimately, if museums are to stay alive and vital, will they have to go to
a more amusement park kind of atmosphere?  I'm new to this whole business,
so forgive me if these are ridiculous questions, but when I'm the only soul
in a vast museum, I kind of wonder how to impart the thrill I get at a good
exhibit to other people.
Katherine Steiner Stocker
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"If the world were a logical place, men would ride side-saddle."  --Rita
Mae Brown