" placement of gift shop merchandise cases (platforms
     and vitrines) within or adjacent to exhibits?  What is
     the general opinion of this practice?"

     Sounds like good marketing to me.  I certainly
     appreciate them as a consumer (read: museum shop
     junkie) when I travel.  Obviously, you don't want the
     marketing to interfere with the exhibition's
     presentation, but that's just a matter of design.

     Chris Dill

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