Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 9:20 pm
Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 11:58 pmPosted: Sat May 26, 2007 12:54 amPosted: Sat May 26, 2007 7:18 am- bsmartI don't like 'em. I like being able to get up close and look at a detail. At the same time they do perform several roles. They give a representation of how the artifact was used and they keep visitors from touching or climbing on the exhibits!
Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 5:14 pmPosted: Tue May 29, 2007 10:06 pm- ChrisCI just went through this process with the museum here, the sad fact is that we who like to do simple "walk arounds" are in the minority,
and the "stuff in a box" museum cannot attract enough folks to keep the lights on any more, the diorama is not much better, you have to tell a story or a theme to keep Joe six pack spending his money....
We are working on an aviation museum, and the museum consultants ideal end state is an aviation museum with no airplanes in it.... The sad thing is, their argument is logical.... One building for the masses, and a smaller building with "dead stuff in a box" for the techno geeks.....
It's a lot of work and planning if you hope to stay open in this day and age.
)Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 10:38 pm- Dontos
.....If you only knew.... (
Don
Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 1:37 am- Doug_Kibbey- Dontos
.....If you only knew.... (
Don
I have just an awful feeling about the sinister implications of that...
Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 5:45 am- Dontos
.....If you only knew.... (
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HUH...???
Don
Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 7:32 am- ChrisCI just went through this process with the museum here, the sad fact is that we who like to do simple "walk arounds" are in the minority, and the "stuff in a box" museum cannot attract enough folks to keep the lights on any more, the diorama is not much better, you have to tell a story or a theme to keep Joe six pack spending his money....
We are working on an aviation museum, and the museum consultants ideal end state is an aviation museum with no airplanes in it.... The sad thing is, their argument is logical.... One building for the masses, and a smaller building with "dead stuff in a box" for the techno geeks.....
It's a lot of work and planning if you hope to stay open in this day and age.
Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 8:16 am- bsmart- ChrisCI just went through this process with the museum here, the sad fact is that we who like to do simple "walk arounds" are in the minority, and the "stuff in a box" museum cannot attract enough folks to keep the lights on any more, the diorama is not much better, you have to tell a story or a theme to keep Joe six pack spending his money....
We are working on an aviation museum, and the museum consultants ideal end state is an aviation museum with no airplanes in it.... The sad thing is, their argument is logical.... One building for the masses, and a smaller building with "dead stuff in a box" for the techno geeks.....
It's a lot of work and planning if you hope to stay open in this day and age.
Of course this all begs the question of what the purpose of a museum is. Is the primary purpose to provide an entertainment experience for the public or to preserve the historical artifacts for future generations?
Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 1:28 pmPosted: Wed May 30, 2007 3:04 pm- DublinerTo make a museum to work economically, you have to be able link the artifacts with a compelling human story. You can make a very historic vehicle like the “Cobra King� (the 4AD 37TB M4A3E2 Assualt Tank - claimed to be first tank to breakthrough to Bastogne) the center piece of a Battle of Bulge exhibit, but if you can't tell the story of Lt. Charles P. Bogges and his crew, "Cobra King" will just be just another Sherman tank to many people or at worst a gun and 38 tons of steel. You have to help people create an emotional/human link with artifact for them to value it.
Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 3:27 pmPosted: Wed May 30, 2007 3:33 pm- ChrisC
Don, I have spoke with some of "your guys" and have seen the new Patton museum concept, I like and dislike it at the same time, but you all did your homework and I look forward to seeing the end product...
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