285:. A smaller version of this exhibition, initiated and funded by NEH on the Road and co-organized with Quick, traveled to 35 community venues around the country. Over his term at the museum, Ross oversaw the acquisition of thousands of objects into its permanent collections. His years at the Fowler were also a time when the museum's national reputation as an innovator in exhibition development, engagement with community advisors, and the production of multi-author publications was established with authority. Many Fowler projects were funded by the
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believing that exhibitions benefited from diverse perspectives beyond those of the erudite scholar. This was a methodology then considered novel, but one Ross saw as essential. Among the many highlights of his tenure were his contributions to the new Fowler Museum facility, designed and built in 1992. He signaled the new institution's ambition and vision with four simultaneous inaugural exhibitions (each with its book), including
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African music. His library included
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