As I understand it, the problem was that the previously successful team
approach--curator+educator+designer--was abandoned and the scientific
content of the exhibit (Does outrigger canoe ring any bells?) was put under
the control of an exhibit developer.  See John Terrell [the curator],
"Disneyland and the Future of Museum Anthropology," American
Anthropologist, vol. 93, no. 1, March 1991, p. 149-153.
 
 
 
On Sun, 25 Sep 1994 14:30:19 -0700,
Kevin Coffee  <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
 
>>On Sat, 24 Sep 1994, Paul Apodaca wrote:
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>>The "team approach" has also had a number of failures that are important to
>>consider. The most notable was the debacle at the Field Museum wherein the
>>"team" so fouled the curatorial approach that curators resigned and wall
>>labels were put up disavowing the exhibit. I believe Museum News carried
>>articles about that situation....
>
>This statement is unsubstantiated.
>
>Could you identify when this incident happened? The exhibition? The
>curator(s) who resigned? The labels you allude to? The issues of Museum
>News that you say reported on this or your source for this information?
>
>Kevin Coffee
>Manager of Exhibitions
>American Museum of Natural History
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