Hello everyone. I am brand new to the list. I am guessing this is a question which may have been kicked around before, but here goes:

I work at a museum in the Phoenix, AZ area and we are currently working on a pretty big exhibit related to late 20th century Arizona history. I am one of the curators of History in the museum (there are 2 of us). Our job is mainly to research, write labels, help plan the exhibits, etc. 

The staff has been in discussion about the label editing process. Currently, a draft of a set of labels for a certain section is circulated among a small group of staff, who then comment on the labels in a group meeting. We (the curators) revise the labels based on suggestions. The discussion now is, before it goes to an outside editor to check for spelling and grammar errors and such, should there be a final editing group, of 3 to 4 people, who take any further comments from staff as well as from the public ( for labels that are tested), and edit further. 

The second question is, should the 2 curators of History be involved in that smaller editing group? I would be inclined to say, well, yes of course. But others on staff say that only one history curator or maybe even neither of them should be in the final edit group.

The museum seems to be struggling with the concept of how to make the exhibit a team process. We have done things differently before, but now we have new leadership in various positions in the museum, and they are trying to implement different procedures.

I would like to send this out for feedback from anyone who might like to respond.

Thanks, Jean  

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