Museum officials plan to use those responses to figure out what and how people learn from such exhibitions.

Most of the work from the exhibition on at the moment was protected by glass.

Also missing from the exhibition is a sense of proportion.

Shown above is a photo from the exhibition showing some city officers around 1860.

And more than a few major artists were omitted from the exhibition.

In 2011, the museum earned $1.9 million from traveling exhibitions.

Here is a selection of photographs from the exhibition and the stories behind the images.

Here's a selection of images from the exhibition, which runs through January 10th.

Three examples from the current exhibition serve to illustrate this point.

Resources to help you get the most from exhibitions.