This is probably not a GREAT example, but I have to share my experience of visiting the Musée Oceanographique in Monaco back in 1992 (happened to be there on Grand Prix Day, too!) I was highly amused to find, among the wonderful displays of sea life, a video playing with a chef deftly preparing the very fish on display! Voila! Regardez-vous les poissons, and here is a nice sauté of them in butter and wine. J'aime les Francaise! Maybe exhibits with conflicting messages? On 2/4/05 1:44 PM, "Cheryl Kramer" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I do not know if this really fits the bill, but I have my Museology > students think about memorials and we look at the Simon Wiesenthal > Center, the Civil Rights Institute, the Hiroshima Memorial Peace Park > and the proposals for the World Trade Center Memorial. These are not > controversial exhibitions, but they bring up a number of topics for > discussions on ethics that are related. > > Best, > Cheryl > > > On Thursday, Feb 3, 2005, at 17:20 America/New_York, Keni Sturgeon > 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). >> > Dr. Cheryl Kramer > Handwerker Gallery > Gannett Center > Ithaca College > Ithaca, NY 14850 > > 607.274.3548 (tel) > 607.274.1774 (fax) > > ========================================================= > 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).