>Furthermore, it makes the finished product visible to museum visitors as >the work of real people, rather than some disembodied "authority." >Richard Perry >UC San Diego >[log in to unmask] I've a concrete statement on Richard's thoughts... Just today, in fact, while giving a fifth-grade tour of an exhibition, the teacher asked me to explain to the kids what a curator does. While I was telling the kids, in 5 minutes or less, their eyes lit up, they were amazed. (Especially when I related the fact that zoos have curators.) The kids were sincerely interested in knowing that I (a real person), had worked on the "room of art" they were beholding. Yeah. It was great. They suddenly realized, people (meaning potentially, they, in the future) can design and execute museum exhibitions... Barbra Brady Curator Art Museum of Missoula [log in to unmask] (not, we are not all Freemen, or Unibombers...)