Exhibiting Native American
Cultures:
Eiteljorg Points of Contact Exhibit
Exhibiting Native American
Cultures:
Eiteljorg Points of Contact Exhibit
Larry J. Zimmerman, Ph.D., RPA
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Anatomy of an Exhibit: Mihtohseenionki Documents
These materials are meant for students in Exhibiting Native American Cultures at IUPUI and are the possession of the Eiteljorg Museum. For all others, please do not use them without written permission of the Eiteljorg Museum.
Students: The Mihtohseenionki (Mihtoh) materials here have been roughly organized into three sections, Planning, Educational Programming, and Evaluation. Some documents are self-explanatory by title while other need a bit of explanation. Certainly these are not all the documents available, but some key items and some examples.
The new student to the group, Melanie, leads a "tour" of Mihtoh for the class to give her impressions. She was asked specifically to see if she could figure out the organizational scheme. The rest of the class joins the discussion. Also included in the tape is the narration of the entryway video, which as it turns out, none of us had ever stopped to view. That raised an interesting discussion about why we hadn't. This is a more detailed discussion of the exhibit than the class has had before. The audio is set up to stream in Real Audio 10, so you may need to upgrade to that free basic player. If you missed class, please listen to it!
Council Minutes, 3.21.00 is a meeting of the Eiteljorg's Native American Advisory Council, a national body of Native American scholars, artists, and others. This set of minutes discusses the original concept of the exhibit and other Native American gallery possibilities.
NAR Minutes, 5.9.00 is a meeting of the Eiteljorg's Regional Native American Advisory Committee where Mithoh is first discussed with representatives of Indiana's Indian nations.
Woodland goals discusses the many goals of what eventually became the Mihtoh exhibit.
Timeline documents the detailed planning and activities that went into Mihtoh. It gives a good idea of the amount of time exhibit planning takes.
Project Outline provides an overall gallery outline.
Gallery Description Gallery Narrative
Fact Sheet has several documents and a spreadsheet that link from it, so follow the links please (gallery components, gallery concepts, sponsor benefits, Native American Reinstallation Marketing and Communications Plan)
Handbook Outline is the plan for the teachers guide available from the Education Department at the Eiteljorg Museum.
Mihtoh Education and Programs plan.
Mihtoh PowerPoint is an overall view of the gallery for a range of audiences.
Exhibit description given to teachers June, 2001
Guide Presentation PowerPoint given as training to Eiteljorg guides
| Evaluation Summary of Mihtoh for Funders, January, 2003 | Exit Survey Results Excel Spreadsheet (done by IUPUI student) |
| Mihtoh Evaluation and Development PowerPoint | Gallery Evaluation and Assessment (done by IUPUI student) |
| Visitor Behavior Patterns PowerPoint | Visitor Comments |
| Sponsor Benefits Spreadsheet | Sponsor Benefits 2003 Spreadsheet | Phil Lucas Biography |
| pigeon_bio | Phil Lucas | Miami Menu | portraits |
| Mihtoh Kiosk 1 | Mihtoh Kiosk 2 | Mihtoh Kiosk 3 | Mihtoh Kiosk 4 |