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Do Museum Exhibitions Have a Future?
Author(s) -
McLean Kathleen
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
curator: the museum journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.312
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2151-6952
pISSN - 0011-3069
DOI - 10.1111/j.2151-6952.2007.tb00253.x
Subject(s) - exhibition , appeal , pace , pessimism , optimism , interpretation (philosophy) , visual arts , jazz , art , advertising , aesthetics , history , media studies , sociology , psychology , political science , geography , business , computer science , law , social psychology , philosophy , geodesy , epistemology , programming language
A 50‐year retrospective return to the first volume of Curator: The Museum Journal suggests that colleagues half a century ago were vitally aware of the cultural potential of museums, the well‐being of visitors, the need for interpretation and learning, and even the appeal of staying open 24 hours a day. So the more things change, the more they stay the same? The question leads to others: Are exhibitions an obsolete medium? Can museums keep pace with the interactions available elsewhere: virtual games, video arcades, jazz clubs, even a good Chinese restaurant? Is the glass half full of optimism or pessimism?