As today is #InternationalMuseumDay, let’s look back on Jen Grove’s 2019 article: Good on the Romans! You can find the article here: https://wp.me/p6JJ6S-3xJ
Comment cards were employed at the 2014 exhibition, Intimate Worlds, at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum. As Grove writes, ‘We wanted an exhibition which was as much about visitors’ reactions to the objects as it was about fixed, academic interpretations’
#ThrowbackThursday #HistSex #Histodons #PublicHistory #Museums
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However, despite the information provided in this particular exhibition, Grove notes the lack of, or ‘selective’ engagement with the counter-narratives provided.
To learn more about visitors’ views on sex in the museum, be sure to check out the article.
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