Hello Kathryn, > perhaps you can explain exactly what > you do mean by 'create reality'. By `create reality' I mean that which the museum attempts to do when it artificially, and will always be artificial to some degree (Please see my reply to Jay), tries to place an object in context. I don't think you can ever create reality (this may not even be desirable) but I'm very interested in the museum processes of attempting, self-consciously or not, to capture an aspect of it. What museums do can be far more subtle than theme park attempts but may be no less deceptive. I interupt myself an awful lot in that last paragraph but I do hope I made sense. I also hope you don't mind me posting this to everyone as it is relevant to a discussion I had with someone else. Jennifer.