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The Exhibit Design and Development division of the New York State Museum is responsible for planning, designing, and producing exhibitions on subject matter consistent with the Museum's mandate to document the state's natural and human histories and ensure this history is accessible to a general audience.
Between 1976 and 2011, the State Museum hosted approximately 390 temporary exhibits and each year staff work on approximately six to eight gallery exhibitions in addition to numerous smaller exhibit projects. While some temporary exhibits are completely organized and curated in-house, other exhibits are curated and borrowed from external organizations such as the Smithsonian Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Gallery Association of New York State. In some of these latter cases the exhibits were organized and/or funded by state agencies, including the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Department of Labor, State University of New York (SUNY) colleges, and the New York State Council on the Arts.
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