RE: Controversial Exhibits and Videos Keni - You didn't list Body Worlds: The Anatomical Exhibition of Real Human Bodies by artist (?) Gunther von Hagens. It is showing at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago right now. I am simultaneously fascinated and revulsed. A lot depends on my mood. For instance, I just ate a burrito and the pictures on the website are rather unattractive at the moment! :-) Here's the link: http://www.koerperwelten.de/en/pages/ausstellung_usa.asp Denise Lajetta, MA Associate Curator Kluge-Ruhe Collection of Aboriginal Art, UVA 400 Worrell Drive (PANTOPS) Peter Jefferson Way Charlottesville, VA 22911 tel. 434.244.0234 fax 434.244.0235 http://www.virginia.edu/kluge-ruhe/ At 05:20 PM 2/3/2005, you wrote: >Hello all, > >I have two separate and slightly related questions. I have been teaching >an introduction to museums course for the past three years. One of the >assignments I have students do is research and present on a Controversial >Exhibit or an ethical dilemma. This works well when my enrollment is >down, but the course is gaining in popularity and I'm running out of >controversial exhibits. I'm wondering what exhibits members of the list >could suggest. They are covering "Enola Gay", "Sensation", and "Old >Glory, the American Flag in Contemporary Art" as well as some >controversial exhibit topics, such as sex, Mapplethorpe, and displaying >nudes. What other exhibits come to mind? > >Second, I am looking for suggestions for museum videos. Not videos with >museums, or videos by museums about their collections/exhibits, but videos >about a museum. I have one from The Heard Museum, which is great, and I >have some recordings from the PBS series "Great Museums" (some episodes >are helpful, others not so much). Any suggestions? > >Thanks, >Keni Sturgeon >Jensen Arctic Museum >Western Oregon University >Monmouth, OR 97361 > >========================================================= >Important Subscriber Information: > >The Museum-L FAQ file is located at >http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed >information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail >message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should >read "help" (without the quotes). > >If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to >[log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read >"Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).