You might look at Finding Philadelphia's Past (at the Historical Society of
Pennsylvania (I think). It was co-curated by Gary Nash of the National
History Standards fame in 1988. Also look at the Brooklyn Historical
Society's municipal exhibition (documented in Ideas and Images: Developing
Interpretive History Exhibits, ed. Kenneth Ames, Barbara Franco, L. Thomas
Frye, Nashville, AASLH, 1992).
Catherine M. Lewis