Talk:Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

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[edit] How about a controversy section?

I'm wondering if there's enough content here to split off a controversy section. (I might just do this anyway, come to think of it, to see how it goes.) It wouldn't seem complete without some notes about the Virgin In a Condom controversy a few years ago, which had people arguing very noisily about the museum's principles. Would anyone be keen on perhaps researching and writing a bit about this, even if it's just a paragraph? I wasn't really taking enough notice of things at the time to be able to back myself to do it accurately without lots of work. Izogi 06:33, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

I think its much better if the controversies are dealt with in the body of the article, rather than being split off into a separate section. I think the article should be primarily along historic lines, with a section on the site including the earthquake risk and strengthening, the Museum Hotel de Wheels and the opening, and then an "Exhibits and Conferences" section including the controversies over individual exhibits or meetings. There should be some praise mixed in - surely Te Papa has achieved some firsts for New Zealand.-gadfium 09:11, 27 April 2006 (UTC)