According to Lynne Teather: > > > I believe the cite you are looking for is: > > > > Schroeder, Fred. > > "Designing Your Exhibits: Seven Ways To Look At An Artifact," > > American Association for State and Local History Technical Leaflet > > 91, Vol. 31, No. 11, 11/1976. > > ....... There are now many other works from > material cultural research to educational methods which echo the > Schroeder approach. There were writers who also went before this > particular author, notably The Victoria and Albert's Madelaine Mainstone > (former Head of Education) and her predecessor. Rene as well as > Checkosolovakian museologists such as Z.Z. Stransky (my hero). > One of my first experiences in museums > was meeting Madelaine Mainstone at the V& A. Even though, I was very > junior she took the time to outline the approach to reading artifacts > that she used in her museum educational practice. It was extremely > inspirational and I can tell you that the approach is a fundamental > belief in my sense of the magic of museums to this day. > > Since many of the writers will not have read Schroeder, it is > interesting how the method of approaching objects from the object out, if you > like, is really one inherent way of looking at material. (There are of > course others). > >..... > Lynne Teather, > Museum Studies Program, > University of Toronto, > Toronto, Ontario, > > [log in to unmask] > Along those lines, I would be curious to know if anyone has applied these principles to 'reading' natural history objects - rocks, fossils, mounted specimens, etc. If so, can you provide a citation or two? Thanks. -- Paisley S. Cato, Ph.D. e-mail: [log in to unmask] Curator of Collections phone: 703-666-8634 Virginia Museum of Natural History fax: 703-632-6487 1001 Douglas Ave., Martinsville, VA 24112