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Re: What fathers tell kids about exhibits
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Paul Orselli <[log in to unmask]>
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Informal Science Education Network <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:40:35 -0400
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Hi Wendy,

Interesting relationship between the issues raised in this article,  
and the upcoming "Visitor Voices in Museum Exhibitions" book  that  
you and Kathy are working on. (Too bad the article helps "celebrate"  
Father's Day by perpetuating the well-meaning, but misguided, Dad  
stereotype, ala Homer Simpson.)

If many museums set themselves up as the places with all the right  
answers and the "mantles of authority" mentioned in the article,  
rather than places to explore ideas, aren't they modeling exactly the  
sort of behavior this article describes?

History and Science museums seem to be the worst offenders in this  
regard, with their compulsion to overstuff their exhibitions with  
minutiae.


On Jun 21, 2007, at 3:58 PM, Wendy Pollock wrote:
> The Washington Post ran a Father's Day piece about the wisdom dads  
> convey to
> children during museum visits. As the subhead says: "These are  
> 'facts' that
> dads have imparted to their kids. Not a big deal, right? Except  
> that they're
> all wrong." Good read.
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/15/ 
> AR2007061501
> 904.html



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