We had a situation recently in
which a local activist was unhappy with some of the content in an exhibit
label. It was a label for a campaign poster and the person involved was
unhappy with what content we chose to include and what we cut out.
During subsequent dialog we believe we were able to educate this individual
about some of the challenges of dealing with complicated subjects in a small
gallery and limited space, and the importance of maintaining intellectual
integrity as regards exhibit content. The situation hasn’t gotten
elevated, either politically or emotionally which was a success.
In order to manage any future
situations more efficiently, we would like to generate some sort of policy
statement about what we do in the event that we are approached by a
visitor/stakeholder and asked to change exhibit labels or content. If
anyone has a policy excerpt covering such a situation I would love to take a
look!
I can be reached directly at:
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Regards,
Addison E
Field
Curator of Collections &
Exhibits
Juneau-Douglas
City Museum
155 S. Seward
Street
Juneau,
AK 99801
(907)
586-3572
Fax (907)
586-4512