This is why your rental agreement needs to spell out what sort of 
 rights you have for display etc. If the display windows are not rented 
 but are there per a verbal agreement of use at the owners discretion 
 then you have no footing to complain over their restrictions. If you 
 rent them then look over the agreement. When it comes time to renew the 
 lease I would highly suggest that your organization address this issue 
 at that time. The only way to ensure that the museum will have autonomy 
 over its content in this situation is to have the limitations spelled 
 out in the contract. Depending on your state of residence renters rights 
 vary when not specified in a contract. Get it in writing every time 
 should be the rule that guides you.

 ---
 Suzanne Reed


 On Tue, 5 Jun 2012 08:19:58 -0700, randy Little wrote:
> The property owner has every right to censor what is on THEIR
> property. This is not a government building or a public building so
> 1st amendment is straight out the window.
>
> On Jun 5, 2012, at 7:47 AM, Misschf wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I'm a grad student in the Museum Studies program at the University
>> of Oklahoma. I've been volunteering with a small Tulsa museum that
>> focuses on the art deco era. The museum is housed (hosted may be a
>> better term) in a historic downtown building. The property owners
>> have provided the museum access to several large display windows in
>> the lobby as well as a good-sized space for the museum itself at an
>> extremely discounted rate.
>>
>> Yesterday, the museum owner received an e-mail from the property
>> owners with concerns about displaying this image in the lobby:
>>
>> http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/4610/skyport5x7cardwebwater.jpg
>> [1]
>>
>> The property owners worry that the image is "a little too racy for
>> some of the tours that go through the lobby."
>>
>> I'm sure there will be further discussion regarding compromises, it
>> is not clear whether the image would be acceptable inside the museum
>> room rather than in a lobby window display or if it would be okay to
>> cover the offending parts in the display, but as a student I was
>> curious to see what your more knowledgeable take on the situation
>> would be. This doesn't seem to fit into the traditional censorship
>> scenarios because of the interesting dynamic between the museum and
>> the property.
>>
>> Is this a situation where the museum should stand up for artistic
>> integrity, or should they be more concerned with biting the hand
>> that feeds them?
>>
>> Thanks for your time,
>> Heather Hollingsworth
>>
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