"Barrett, Justina" <[log in to unmask]> schrieb: Also, each object had its standard tombstone label as well, so visitors could still learn those vital stats if they so chose. Dear Justina, This eMail tread really shows again that mails are not read carefully. I love these misunderstandings. I were ariting against something I did not reject. Christian Dear Marieke, I too love the idea of community curators; I think it is vitally important for museums to design exhibitions that ask visitors to make meaning of the objects, rather than authoritatively telling the visitor why something matters (evaluations that are always embedded with so many cultural assumptions, etc etc etc.) The Atwater Kent museum, Philadelphia's history museum, opened an exhibition last year called The Real Thing and Why It Matters. From their collections, the curator, Cynthia Little, pulled a wide variety of objects, and asked a wide variety of professionals, specialists, to comment on the object. For example, the owner of a candy manufacturing business talked about an early 20th century tin candy mould. Some of the specialists did include curators. I believe you can contact Cynthia from the Atwater Kent's website: www.philadelphiahistory.org Best of luck, Justina Justina C. Barrett Getty Museum Educator for the American Art Planning Project Philadelphia Museum of Art Box 7646 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19101-7646 (215) 684-7390 (215) 236-4063 (fax) -----Original Message----- From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Marieke Van Damme Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 5:08 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [MUSEUM-L] "community curators" Hello- I was just reading my latest issue of the Curator Journal (p. 122) about the Brooklyn Museum of Art and the National Museum of the American Indian having "community curators", that is, "ordinary" museumgoers, write the object labels in exhibits. Has anyone done this with success/failure? Is there a place I can go to learn more about it? I think it is a great concept but I'd like to see who else has tried it. Thanks, Marieke __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ========================================================= 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). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Von Panda Platinum 2005 Internet Security eingefügter Text:: Wenn es eine unerwünschte Mail (SPAM) ist, klicken Sie auf den folgenden Link um diese neu zu klassifizieren: http://127.0.0.1:6083/Panda?ID=pav_3668&SPAM=true --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Dr. Christian Müller-Straten Verlag Dr. Christian Müller-Straten / MUSEUMS AGENTUR Kunzweg 23, 81243 München, T. 089-839 690 43, Fax -44 Mails werden mit täglich aktualisierter PANDA-Software geprüft. [log in to unmask] Are your institution and exhibition already listed under http://www.museum-aktuell.de? Last count for January 2006: more than 181,000 hits. For 2006, we expect 2 million hits. ========================================================= 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).