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<<<< I keep thinking about a museum director
for whom I once worked who insisted on calling groups of exhibits
"exhibitions." Exhibitions are made up of "exhibits." And she'd get
stubborn if staff would slip and refer to a group of exhibits as, an
"exhibit." >>>
Was this Director non-American by any chance?
I think you'll find that outside the US, this terminology is the common
parlance - I used to find myself getting confused when Americans referred to
an "exhibit", until it dawned on me that they were really talking about an
"exhibition". Even now that I know, it can still make me do a double-take.
So, since the subject has come up and I've been dying to ask - if you call
and "exhibition" an "exhibit", what do you call an "exhibit" to avoid
confusion?
Best,
Regan Forrest
Museums Consultant
Adelaide, Australia
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