What you’re really saying is: How can we arrange a museum or an … — The Museum as Large-Room Pinball Machine, Marshall McLuhan, Harley Parker, and Museum Professionals, 1967, full transcript of a seminar at the City Museum of New York, October, 1967, edited by William Buxton, published by U. of Alberta Press, 2026, p 154

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What you’re really saying is: How can we arrange a museum or an art gallery so it gives people that sensation of power, of tremendous new discovery, of insight and perception? I think it is possible. That’s what Harley [Parker] was trying to do with his juxtaposition, trying to rub one thing against the other to release the sense of discovery.

The Museum as Large-Room Pinball Machine, Marshall McLuhan, Harley Parker, and Museum Professionals, 1967, full transcript of a seminar at the City Museum of New York, October, 1967, edited by William Buxton, published by U. of Alberta Press, 2026, p 154

Quote #4838

Year: 1967

Chapters: Museum | Discovery

↪ Also at #1593