Kathleen York Videos : A Conversation with Kathleen McLean

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A Conversation with Kathleen McLean

Kathleen McLean speaks about what todays museum audiences expect in an exhibition, current trends in exhibitions from across the nation, and the future of museum exhibitions. Kathleen McLean is principal of Independent Exhibitions, a museum consulting firm specializing in exhibition development, design, programming, and strategic planning. From January 1994 through September 2004 she was the Director of the Center for Public Exhibition and Public Programs at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, California. Examples of projects she directed at the Exploratorium include the national award-winning traveling exhibition, Memory; a visitor/storytelling research project called Finding Significance; and Seeing, a 10000 square-foot permanent art and science exhibit installation. For 30 years McLean has designed and developed a wide range of exhibitions for public audiences in museums of history, art, and science, as well as interdisciplinary and childrens museums. Many of the exhibitions she has developed focus on social issues and public response. From 1986 to 1990, she established the first exhibitions department at The Brooklyn Childrens Museum in Crown Heights, New York. In 2006, Kathleen McLean was selected for the American Association of Museums Centennial Honor Role, as one of 100 museum professionals to have made a significant contribution to American museums over the last 100 years. McLean is co-editor of the IMLS-funded book, Visitor Voices in Museum Exhibitions; co ...

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