Episode 4, In which Tammy salutes General Public upon the occasion of his retirement

The British Museum, London Exhibit designers make all kinds of decisions to help visitors navigate through curators’ and educators’ plans for their learning. Linear narrative? Limit directional choices by making spaces narrower! Need to impress with a monumental message? Open up that gallery so visitors can see it all at once! Need visitors to go … [Read more…]

Episode 1, in which Tammy stops laughing once

Museo Botero, Bogotá, Colombia My first time in South America included a visit to Museo Botero, a museum founded in 2000 to house a major collection of figurative artist Fernando Botero’s sculptures and paintings. I attended with my new friend Beatriz, a French scholar presenting on the same conference panel with me at the International … [Read more…]