Works selected, arranged and framed for a public by an institution.
Ways in
Visitor studies, curatorial analysis, documentation, institutional critique.
The longer story
Exhibitions and curation transform objects into experiences. The curator is an author; the exhibition is a text. Visitor studies track what people actually do in galleries. Curatorial research examines how exhibitions are made. The politics of display—what gets shown, how, in whose voice—shape how audiences encounter objects. Museums aren't neutral; they argue.