Darkened Waters: Profile of an Oil Spill http://exhibitfiles.org/exhibition/view_casestudy.rss/219 Comments en-us Public trust--and trusting the public Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:25:00 -0800 http://exhibitfiles.org/exhibition/view_casestudy.rss/219#cid111 http://exhibitfiles.org/exhibition/view_casestudy.rss/219#cid111 Kathy, this case study is not only timely, but full of ideas that can be applied to other exhibition topics. Thank you! I hope we can move over to the blog to discuss some of these themes (like trust). I wanted to note here that NSF supported the traveling version of this exhibition (award #9150159; ASTC managed the tour). The topic has been called "controversial," but as Robert Sullivan (then of NMNH) remarked to me at the DC opening, "it's not controversial--it's educational." It was part of the museum's role, he implied, to present this important story to the public. By the way, I'm pretty sure the people with the clipboards were from Exxon; they contacted us about the exhibition around that time. Public trust--and trusting the public Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:25:00 -0800 http://exhibitfiles.org/exhibition/view_casestudy.rss/219#cid111 http://exhibitfiles.org/exhibition/view_casestudy.rss/219#cid111 Kathy, this case study is not only timely, but full of ideas that can be applied to other exhibition topics. Thank you! I hope we can move over to the blog to discuss some of these themes (like trust). I wanted to note here that NSF supported the traveling version of this exhibition (award #9150159; ASTC managed the tour). The topic has been called "controversial," but as Robert Sullivan (then of NMNH) remarked to me at the DC opening, "it's not controversial--it's educational." It was part of the museum's role, he implied, to present this important story to the public. By the way, I'm pretty sure the people with the clipboards were from Exxon; they contacted us about the exhibition around that time. Public trust--and trusting the public Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:25:00 -0800 http://exhibitfiles.org/exhibition/view_casestudy.rss/219#cid111 http://exhibitfiles.org/exhibition/view_casestudy.rss/219#cid111 Kathy, this case study is not only timely, but full of ideas that can be applied to other exhibition topics. Thank you! I hope we can move over to the blog to discuss some of these themes (like trust). I wanted to note here that NSF supported the traveling version of this exhibition (award #9150159; ASTC managed the tour). The topic has been called "controversial," but as Robert Sullivan (then of NMNH) remarked to me at the DC opening, "it's not controversial--it's educational." It was part of the museum's role, he implied, to present this important story to the public. By the way, I'm pretty sure the people with the clipboards were from Exxon; they contacted us about the exhibition around that time. Public trust--and trusting the public Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:25:00 -0800 http://exhibitfiles.org/exhibition/view_casestudy.rss/219#cid111 http://exhibitfiles.org/exhibition/view_casestudy.rss/219#cid111 Kathy, this case study is not only timely, but full of ideas that can be applied to other exhibition topics. Thank you! I hope we can move over to the blog to discuss some of these themes (like trust). I wanted to note here that NSF supported the traveling version of this exhibition (award #9150159; ASTC managed the tour). The topic has been called "controversial," but as Robert Sullivan (then of NMNH) remarked to me at the DC opening, "it's not controversial--it's educational." It was part of the museum's role, he implied, to present this important story to the public. By the way, I'm pretty sure the people with the clipboards were from Exxon; they contacted us about the exhibition around that time.