I’m more thinking that a curators could provide a list of items on display in that particular exhibit during the short period of time the author could narrow th

I’m more thinking that a curators could provide a list of items on display in that particular exhibit during the short period of time the author could narrow things down, with corresponding descriptions like would be accompanied by the exhibit. Museums, like libraries, are organizers of information. Think of them somewhat as databases. Of course some are better than others at this. I once had cause to track down a beautiful statue I’d seen in the MoMa some years earlier because I wanted to find a reproduction. It was gone. I found a local docent and asked, describing it (bronze color, a few feet high, sweeping curves that led to points and formed a vaguely human shape) They weren’t sure but went to inquire. I waited maybe half an hour before they came back and said it was titled “Unique Forms of Continuity in Space”, but it was not currently on display. I asked if it was somewhere in storage that would allow a quick viewing (sometimes possible) but unfortunately it wasn’t. But being given the title, it enabled me to buy a small reproduction, which sits on my desk :)