Judy; I think your inclination is correct. Now, if you were going to show the 20+ highly erotic ceramics in a collection also held by the Canadian Museum of Civilization, I think such a warning might be warranted. My colleagues at CMC have beeb wrestling with how to exhibit THAT material for years!!! Harry Harry Needham Special Advisor - Programme Development Canadian War Museum 330 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Canada K1A 0M8 Voice: (819) 776-8612 Fax (819) 776-8623 Email: [log in to unmask] > ---------- > From: Judy Koke[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Reply To: Museum discussion list > Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 1999 5:52 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Nude Youths > > The Denver Museum of Natural History will have a fall exhibition about > Amazonia. ( Actually from the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Hull). > In this exhibition there are some life-size photgraphs of naked children. > Should we anticipate trouble and post a sign at the entrance - thus giving > parents a choice? Or does doing so turn it into a bigger deal than it > really is? Our inclination is too simply ignore it. >