Is there a direct logical conflict between the premise and the hypothesis? Premise: NEH-supported exhibitions were distinguished by their elaborate wall panels--educational maps, photomurals, stenciled treatises--which competed with the objects themselves for space and attention. Hypothesis: The exhibition was too bare and too boring. 
NEH-supported exhibitions were distinguished by their elaborate wall panels--educational maps, photomurals, stenciled treatises--which competed with the objects themselves for space and attention.###The exhibition was too bare and too boring. 