I think the British are probably the champs where it concerns putting
their oddities on display -- just watch the BBC -- and taking great
pride in them.
 
Ralph Appelbaum Associates is designing museums that somewhat kind
of take off on the idea of roadside attractions: there is a path
you follow through the structure that gives you an overview of
the exhibitions that you can exit when you see something of interest.
The Musee D'Orsay in Paris is sort of like that, too.
 
The Whitney Museum in NY has a nice roadside attraction in an
exhibit of paintings that entered their collection in one year: 1952.
Hung salon-style as if in a study center you can see the context of
a painting like DeKooning's "Woman I" (I think that's the title). So,
whatever happened to Philip Evergood?
 
As far as I know the word "museum" has not been copyrighted by the AAM.
They are "houses of the muses" and it might be worthwhile to pay attention
to what sort of muses the public listens to.
 
Now, back to my lint collection.
 
Robbin Murphy
NYU/Museum Studies
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