Author: Museum Studies Program
Beyond “Body Worlds”: Ethics and the Public Display of Anatomical Specimens
A lecture by Robert Juette, the second presentation in the Winter 2007 lecture series, Exhibiting Controversy: From Mapplethorpe to “Body Worlds” and Beyond. “Body Worlds,” an exhibit developed by Gunther von Hagens, scientific director of the Institute for Plastination in Heidelberg, Germany, displays human...
Mapplethorpe in Cincinnati: The Controversy, the Myth, and the Legacy
A lecture by Dennis Barrie, the first presentation in the Winter 2007 lecture series, Exhibiting Controversy: From Mapplethorpe to “Body Worlds” and Beyond. In 1990, the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati was confronted with a crisis that nearly meant its demise. In that year,...
Conversations about . . . . Museums and Botanical Gardens
Michel Labrecque, Curator, Montreal Botanical Garden, and UM Curator and Research Scientist, David Michener engage in a conversation about the role of botanical gardens in contemporary society, Winter 2006. Our featured guest, Michel Labrecque, has been Curator and Head of the Department of Research...
