On this topic of a prize for the worst museum of the year (sic), there
actually is a prize for the worst post card internationally and a Canadian
museum "won" this a few years ago. Rather than hide and ignore it, they
played it up into a major national media campaign and it was extremely well
received!!!
John McAvity
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From: "Pat Reynolds" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 3:27 PM
Subject: Re: An ICOM prize for the best museum?
> In message <[log in to unmask]>,
> [log in to unmask] writes
> >could we have an award for the Worst Museum decision of the year ?
Highest
> >percentage of curatorial staff sacked in a year, largest number of useful
> >departments closed, greatest disproportion between the amount spent on
> >acquisitions and the amount spent on conservation of the collection ?
> >
> For the last category, the sad truth is that it is far easier to get
> money for purchases than it is for conservation. In the UK, governing
> bodies, corporate sponsors, government grants, lottery funds, etc. all
> fall into this trap. I have seen museums make good use of this reality:
> using the publicity associated with a shiny new purchase with lots of
> $$$ attached (all raised externally to the museum's budget) to attract
> volunteers, visitors and other forms of resources to the museum.
>
> Could we therefore discount that category? I would suggest, in its
> place, awards for museum developments which have inaccessibility
> designed in?
>
> With best wishes to all,
>
> Pat
> --
> Pat Reynolds
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> "It might look a bit messy now,
> but just you come back in 500 years time"
> (T. Pratchett)
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