last several months (and the next 18),
Hansen, Athay, and Doucette—known at
MOI as the "experience team," have spent
countless hours reading books on local his-
tory, ecology, and exhibit creation, scouring
the archives and the internet, writing and
editing outlines, thinking about interactives
and layouts and visitor experience, and col-
lecting and preserving new artifacts.
The result so far is the concept of an
exhibit called "The Way Out West." If
you're wondering how to interpret the
word "way," that's intentional. The exhibit
will discuss factors, like resources (the way
things are) and migration (the way people
get here), that have profoundly shaped our
region. To grasp the importance of those
two factors, just think about why you or
your family came to East Idaho in the first
place. If it was nuclear physics last month,
potato farming a century ago or mammoth
MOI staffers (from left) Director of Grants
Kimberly Lee, Doucette, Hansen, and
Athay discuss The Way Out West at a
recent meeting.
The Law of the Land, a current exhibit created
by the MOI experience team, provides a
preview of how parts of "The Way Out West"
will look, and what sorts of artifacts it
will include.
PHOTOS COURTESY JEFF CARR / MUSEUM OF IDAHO
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