This is the thing that has really struck me about the whole argument ...
where are the visitors and their expectations in all of this?

Rob Pilgrim, National Motor Museum, Australia.

>In my view, museums should exist to serve the public, not to serve a
>collection. That being said, if the museum was closed to the public but
>still had a collection and did research would it still be a museum?
>Reluctantly, I would have to respond "yes" but it would be a museum without
>real meaning or purpose.

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