What CFM Never Told Us: Museum History as Performance Art by Cary Carson Who could have guessed what came in with the cat when curators opened the door to material culture? Forty years later museum visitors expect more - much more! - than knowledge, truth, and beauty. Now they want everything wrapped up together in an unforgettable experience. The country's leading museums are eager to oblige. And so they should. American history, reconceived as performance art, is better history - intellectually, educationally, and artistically.  Back to conference agenda