I think the idea of display or curation in the world of the museum is significant and extremely interesting. At first a superficial idea, display can communicate underlying concepts about the subject matter involved. First, it is interesting to compare how different museums attempt to show similar pieces. The AMNH shows mammals through dioramas that we are all familiar with. The British Natural History museum, however produced a large scale display where many animals are fit in together.

This makes gives no hierarchical order to the animals involved, but it lends little to no information about the figures in the display. Small placards give little information about the genus/ species but is the extent. This display seems more aimed to the artistic/ amusement rather than the scientific.

More specific, differences in display techniques can be seen in the curation of mummies/ human remains. The traditional mummy can be seen in many museums and gives little controversy over its display; they can usually be observed from behind a display case and are held as examples of how specific cultures deal with mortality. At the British Museum, however, these traditional mummies are displayed alongside other examples of human remains. the most shocking is an Egyptian man who was found lying near a tomb.

this figure seems to be less about the display of a culture and more about the shock on has from seeing a dead body. rather than displaying cultures of the past, the museum artistically crafts a display of a found object; sparking some controversy over the content.