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Dear All

I want to know what is the most unexpected thing you have ever herd a visitor say to another in a museum. Many years a go I  was in Boston and had a chance during the trip to go to the MFA (Museum of Fine Arts) and I heard two young women in the photography gallery say why is this here? I was a bit stunned to here this and wonder if I miss heard them. I have an undergrad degree in  art with a photography miner, so to here this when I know that a lot of the people pictures on the wall in that gallery fought to get them there and get photography respect. I look forward to all responces.

Thanks,

Rachel

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Rachel Alschuler
Museum Education/ Visitor Experience
San Francisco CA
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When I curated the exhibit of Victorian Dress at the Met, my mother-in-law asked me who had made the dresses for me...

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Caroline Goldthorpe
Director, Museum Studies
Northwestern University
Santa Fe
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Original Message:
Sent: 10/8/2024 2:14:00 PM
From: Caroline Goldthorpe
Subject: RE: Question

When I curated the exhibit of Victorian Dress at the Met, my mother-in-law asked me who had made the dresses for me...

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Caroline Goldthorpe
Director, Museum Studies
Northwestern University
Santa Fe
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Dear Ellen

Oh boy thats a doozy. From what I know about any institution that preserves history from a historical society to a veterans museum. 

Thanks,

Rachel

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Rachel Alschuler
Museum Education/ Visitor Experience
San Francisco CA
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Original Message:
Sent: 10-09-2024 09:13 AM
From: Ellen Endslow
Subject: Question

A Board member at an institution where I worked asked, while on an orientation tour, if the historical clothing in the storage area was real.

 

Ellen E. Endslow

Director of Collections/Curator

Chester County History Center

225 N. High Street

West Chester, PA  19380

610-692-4066 x257

 

 

Original Message:
Sent: 10/8/2024 2:14:00 PM
From: Caroline Goldthorpe
Subject: RE: Question

When I curated the exhibit of Victorian Dress at the Met, my mother-in-law asked me who had made the dresses for me...

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Caroline Goldthorpe
Director, Museum Studies
Northwestern University
Santa Fe
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Dear Caroline 

It is interesting what people will say and not realize what that means and implies. 

Thanks 

Rachel 

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Rachel Alschuler
Museum Education/ Visitor Experience
San Francisco CA
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Original Message:
Sent: 10-08-2024 02:13 PM
From: Caroline Goldthorpe
Subject: Question

When I curated the exhibit of Victorian Dress at the Met, my mother-in-law asked me who had made the dresses for me...

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Caroline Goldthorpe
Director, Museum Studies
Northwestern University
Santa Fe
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