I don't think that your analogy does quite fit. If taken to its logical interpretation then we would be advising that you do an exhibiion on how an exhibition was made-ie this team of people got together and decided to do this etc. Sometimes for a particularly challenging or controversial exhibition this may be appropriate but giving people access to collections and to how collections are researched behind the scenes is something different. Aren't discoveries rooms a sign of how much visitors appreciate getting in touch with colelctions and 'researching' them themselves. To take on your analogy, by completing hiding the processes behind the scenes in a museum we are publishing only the last chapter of a book-the conlcusions. There are a lot of books around that tell readers about the processes of coming to a conclusion so why shouldn't museums. I have definitely seen research somewhere-a long time ago-that showed that visitors would like to know how exhibiions are developed-I will hunt it down if possible. Kathryn