There is another way to look at this.   Museum's have financial resources
which they choose to allocate in a variety of ways.   Sometimes that money
is allocated to staff salaries, sometimes to exhibits, programs, maintenance
and PR and marketing.   Every allocation is a choice.  It is possible to pay
staff more and spend less on other things (cf the recent discussion of
exhibit costs).

To paraphrase a friend's comment from a related context, if the lights are
on (i.e., the electric bill is being paid) the museum has the resources.

BTW how much support are we -- the museum community -- giving to the
striking MOMA staff?

Janice Klein
Director
Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, Kendall College
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