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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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