museum exhibits

Gallery's showcased items

Museum exhibits are displays of objects, artwork, or information arranged for public viewing and education.

The phrase covers everything from a single painting with a descriptive placard to elaborate multimedia installations: The dinosaur exhibit drew record crowds.

Exhibits may be permanent fixtures of a museum's collection or temporary presentations that travel between institutions.

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visibility/accessibility status

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Space for keeping goods

private collections · looted artifacts · everyday items

permanence/ephemerality

museum exhibitsperformance art

Embodied creative expression

perishable goods

preservation vs. active use

museum exhibitseveryday objects

Ordinary things encountered routinely

working tools · consumer goods · commodities · merchandise · household goods

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G