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THE MAKING OF EXHIBITIONS : PURPOSE, STRUCTURE, ROLES AND PROCESS October 2002 Office of Policy and Analysis Washington, DC 20560-0039 THE MAKING OF EXHIBITIONS : PURPOSE, STRUCTURE, ROLES AND PROCESS October 2002 Office of Policy and Analysis 1000 Jefferson Drive, SW Washington, DC 20560-0039 TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword iii Introduction 1 The Purpose of Exhibitions 2 Museum Mission Statements 2 Exhibition Mission Statements 3 Exhibition Plans or Programs 4 Organizational Structure and Roles 5 Overall Organization5 Idea Generation 6 Exhibition Selection Criteria and Approval Process 7 Staffing Exhibition Projects 9 Project Management 10 Exhibition-making Models 12 Introduction 12 The Team Approach to Exhibition Making 12 Current Exhibition-making Models 14 Use of Models in Practice 19 Process Formalization and Documentation 22 Stages of Exhibition-making24 A Concluding Comment 27 Appendix Selected References 28 THE MAKING OF EXHIBITIONS -ii- FOREWORD The Making of Exhibitions: Purpose, Structure, Roles and Process explores the relationship between the operating characteristics of organizations, including their roles, and one of their most important functions: the making of exhibitions. Because of the great wealth of material in this area, it was necessary to establish boundaries on what was discussed. The paper includes several models of exhibition-making, discussions of their key properties, and examples of their us