polynesia americana museum of polynesian pop. exhibit design project - General Tiki

SF Slacks Ferret Tiki Socialite Calgary Joined: Oct 02, 2003 Posts: 1396	SF Slacks Ferret Posted posted on Thu, Oct 19, 2006 6:56 PM There is even a gopher hole museum somewhere in Canada Ha! Yeah, I've been to the Torrington, Alberta Gopher Hole museum. Don't go calling it a "museum" around true "museum people" though. My wife sat on the Alberta museums board for a few years and that was always a sore spot with them. That said, I'm intrigued by the poly pop museum idea. I know you said yr just playin' at this point, but I think it's an interesting era of North American history (duh...what else would I say?) and i feel it's completely valid to present it's artifacts, whether some would qualify it as a racist portrayal or not. A true poly pop museum could tastefully tackle that issue. After all, racism is an issue with which many museums grapple.

There is even a gopher hole museum somewhere in Canada

Ha! Yeah, I've been to the Torrington, Alberta Gopher Hole museum. Don't go calling it a "museum" around true "museum people" though. My wife sat on the Alberta museums board for a few years and that was always a sore spot with them.

That said, I'm intrigued by the poly pop museum idea. I know you said yr just playin' at this point, but I think it's an interesting era of North American history (duh...what else would I say?) and i feel it's completely valid to present it's artifacts, whether some would qualify it as a racist portrayal or not. A true poly pop museum could tastefully tackle that issue. After all, racism is an issue with which many museums grapple.

Post #261715 by Slacks Ferret on Thu, Oct 19, 2006 6:56 PM