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PLANNING A MUSEUM THAT COVERS EVERYONES INTRESTS IS VERY DIFFICULT. A EXPERT ON PERIOD UNIFORMS AND ACCOUNTERMENTS WOULD BE CONTENT TO GO FROM CASE TO CASE STUDIEING THE DIFFERENCES FROM PERIOD TO PERIOD. YOUNG PEOPLE AND THOSE WHO HAVE NO KNOWLEGE OR INTREST IN SUCH THINGS MIGHT BECOME MORE INTERESTED IF YOU HAD A FEW GROUPS OF MANIKINS MIXED IN SHOWING COMBAT BETWEEN ENEMYS FROM THE PERIOD WITH SOME BREIF DESCRIPTIONS OF TACTICICS, ARMAMENTS AND FAMOUS BATTLES. A MUSEUM I VISITED NOT TOO LONG AGO HAD SEVERAL SUCH TABLEAU ONE WAS ZULU WARRIORS VS. BRITISH TROOPS. PICTURES OF BATTLES ARE ALSO INTERESTING TO ALL VISITORS.
I LIKE THINGS GROUPED TOGETHER BY PERIOD AND LIKE TO SEE THE WEAPONS OF THE ENEMY AS WELL AS THE HOME COUNTRYS. I LIKE DISPLAYS THAT ARE WELL BALANCED AND DISPLAYED NOT CLUTTERED. I ALSO LIKE TO SEE AS MANY EXAMPLES OF DIFFERENT WEAPONS AS POSSIBLE WHICH CAN BE DONE WITHOUT LOOKING CLUTTERED IF ARRANGED IN PATTERNS AS IN OLD MUSEUM EXHIBITS. WHAT THRILLS A SCHOLAR OR COLLECTOR USUALLY DOSEN'T IMPRESS THE GENERAL PUBLIC SO IT TAKES SOMETHING SPECTACULAR TO STICK IN THEIR MEMORY. I SAW THE EXHIBIT FROM THE ARMORY AT GRATZ AND THEY HAD A PARTIAL ROOM AS WELL AS PICTURES OF THE ARMORY WHICH ALOWED YOU TO SEE JUST HOW IT LOOKED AS WELL AS HOW LARGE IT WAS.

SPACE , ROOM AND FUNDS ARE ALWAYS LIMITING FACTORS AS TO WHAT YOU CAN DO BUT YOU DO NEED SOME IMPRESSIVE EYE CATCHING DISPLAYS TO MAKE A LASTING IMPRESSION. I LIKE THE WAY THE MUSEUM LOOKS IN YOUR PICTURES, I WILL THINK ON OTHER POSSIBLE SUGGESTIONS.