UpDate - Vol. 16, No. 2
September 12, 1996
Museum studies lecture series begins on Sept. 20

     The Museum Studies Program will open its 1996 Fall Forum
Lectures with Stephen E. Weil, emeritus scholar at the Center for
Museum Studies of the Smithsonian Institution, who will speak on
"Outcome-Based Evaluation for Museums," at 3 p.m., Friday, Sept.
20, Room 202 Old College.
     Weil served as deputy director of the Hirshhorn Museum and
Sculpture Garden of the Smithsonian Institution from 1974-95 and
as administrator of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New
York City from 1967-1974.
     He has published extensively and written several books,
including A Cabinet of Curiosities: Inquiries into Museums and
Their Prospects, Rethinking the Museum, Beauty and the Beasts: On
Museums, Art, the Law and the Market all published by the
Smithsonian Institute. He is co-author with Franklin Feldman of
Art Law: Rights and Liabilities of Creators and Collectors
     Among his awards are the Distinguished Service Award from
the American Association of Museums (1995) and the Dudley
Wilkinson Award of Distinction from the Registrars Committee of
the American Association of Museums (1992).
     The museum lecture series will continue with a field trip
visitation to the Mercer and Fonthill museums of the Bucks
Country Historical Society in Doylestown, Pa., leaving at noon
and returning by 6:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 25. Molly Lowell,
associate director, and Cory Amsler, curator of collections, will
speak on "Preserving and Exhibiting Museum Collections in
Challenging Environments."
     The trip will accommodate 30 people, with museum studies
students given first priority.
     For information and reservations, call the Museum Studies
Program at 831-1251.
     The third lecture will feature Kathleen F. Wagner, senior
vice president of education of the Philadelphia Zoological
Garden, at 3 p.m., Friday, Nov. 15, in Room 202 Old College. Her
topic will be "From Frogs to Focus Groups: Creating New Exhibits
at the Philadelphia Zoo."
     The Sept. 20 and Nov. 15 lectures have received funding from
the University's Committee on Cultural Activities and Public
Events.
     The lecture series is free and open to the public. 
                                              -Sue Swyers Moncure