Museums use objects to tell stories. It sounds simple but it’s complicated.
Objects can tell multiple stories from many points of view. So, who chooses
the story? Which story is the truth? In museums, curators choose an
interpretation but 1X4 turns this upside down.
Each object in this exhibition tells four distinct stories. You can listen to or read
each of the four stories … or some … or none and just enjoy the beauty of the
objects. Every story is the truth about the object and is a valid way to view the
object, but they are all different.
Match the picture next to the object with the picture on the website to hear
or read that object’s stories. If you need help, please ask a museum worker.
No 1X4 story is complete and we encourage you to use this exhibition as the
beginning of your learning, not the end.
1X4
1X4
Museums use objects to tell stories.
It sounds simple but it’s complicated.
Objects can tell multiple stories from
many points of view. So, who chooses
the story? Which story is the truth?
In museums, curators choose an
interpretation but 1X4 turns this
upside down.
Each object in this exhibition tells
four distinct stories. You can listen
to or read each of the four stories …
or some … or none and just enjoy
the beauty of the objects. Every story
is the truth about the object and is
a valid way to view the object, but
they are all different.
Match the picture next to the object
with the picture on the website to
hear or read that object’s stories.
If you need help, please ask a
museum worker.
No 1X4 story is complete and we
encourage you to use this exhibition
as the beginning of your learning,
not the end.
