My experience was as a curator and I absolutely agree that they don't care about the artifacts, the site, etc., they just want to get the movie shot. Set builders were on site in the wee hours of the morning and late into the night. The schedule and contract was changed almost on a daily basis.

It was great exposure however for those six months and allowed us to tie in a gala a year later when the film was released, BUT it basically shut down the museum for a year while we reset exhibits, offices, etc. Incidentally, our site was selected for a Johnny Depp film and the staff was promised that they could be inside the site while he was filming his scene...security escorted us out. Of our own museum! But we got to eat for free at the studio food truck, which was pretty cool.

Seriously though, I'm a director now and I'm glad I wasn't in my boss's shoes back then.

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