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I reply to the group because I think Wolfgang Ebert has opened a can of worms. I would appreciate hearing people's views. My own problem with museums, as a visitor and as an exhibitor, is LABELS. Where do they go ? Next to the object, on a list at the side, in a folder, on separate cards? Often it seems the museum is coy about telling you what an object is for fear of destroying the integrity of the 'display space'. Having tried, with bifocals, to turn from the number on the object to the list down one side, I finish up with neck ache. Having watched children attempt to locate the number and match it with the information, I see them walk off frustrated. Why it hard to strike a happy medium between those who wish to know more and those with a desire to glance and browse. Joan Unwin Joan Unwin, Research Associate,Hawley Project, University of Sheffield, c/o ARCUS, Department of Archaeology and Prehistory, Westcourt, 2 Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 4ET Tel : 0114 222 7100 http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/projects/hp