KKK Quilt at the Museum further thoughts!!

After going to the MSU museum to see the quilt display and the KKK quilt I really began to think about the ways in which this quilt and exhibit would be a great teaching tool for children. However, I also began to think about the ways in which this display might make some teachers not want to bring children to the museum as a whole. Simply having the quilt on display as it is in the case angled on the wall might draw attention to the particular quilt as of great importance if you were not aware of the reason that the quilt is displayed that way for preservation reasons. After thinking about this and idea of having children go on a museum scavenger hunt I began to wonder what children might think of this if they were not made aware of the display before. Also, since children all come into educational setting with different background knowledge about things they may have many misconceptions about the KKK already and this may simply increase those misconception. As a child was wondering around looking for scavenger hunt items, they might see this KKK quilt displayed and see that the museum is displaying it and see this as the museum stating the KKK is a good thing. This could easily be prevented if the children were given background knowledge about the quilt before they arrive at the museum, however, at what age would this type of a discussion be appropriate. Would first graders be able to understand the complexity of the topic??? Would this simply just make some teachers steer away from a museum field trip while this exhibit is open?? Or would this be a great teaching tool for teachers to use with children of all ages to at the very least discuss what the job of a museum is??? Although I really enjoyed going to see the quilt because of the connection it made to “Witness” and because of the information we learned I simply wonder what this type of a display up would do to teachers thinking about whether or not to go to the museum for a field trip, and what ways you could prepare a class for seeing something like this, even if it is not the point of the fieldtrip to see it.