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Having been called on this by our VP for Exhibition...we try to distinguish
between the two and refer to exhibitions as exhibitions - not exhibits.
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Nancy Lynn
Exhibition Developer
American Museum of Natural History
79th Street and Central Park West
New York, NY 10024
Tel. (212) 769-5125
Fax (212) 769-5255
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on 3/1/01 9:02 AM, Lynne K Ranieri at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> In the middle of the Museum-L discussion of exhibition copyrights and the
> challenges for a small museum to mount an exhibition, I am reminded of
> something a friend recently told me. I was talking about an "exhibit" at our
> small museum and my friend, who is currently studying at the NY Museum of Folk
> Art, corrected me by saying that her instructor (or the director or something)
> told her that an "exhibit" is like an artifact that you "exhibit" in a court
> of law, but what I was talking about is an "exhibition"...not an "exhibit".
> I see everyone on the list interchanging the two terms, as I did...and still
> do very frequently. What is correct?
> Lynne
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