I couldn't agree more--in addition to the simple defiant act of staying
open, in our case with an American flag hanging from the front gallery of
our historic house. Besides that, we received quite a few visitors stranded
because the local airport was closed, looking for something to do in lieu of
going home.
Carolyn Breedlove
Kent Plantation House
Alexandria, LA
-----Original Message-----
From: Katherine Stocker <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Friday, September 14, 2001 5:47 PM
Subject: Re: museum closures
>Colleagues,
>I apologize if I am addressing something that has already been addressed,
>but I get this list in digest form and am sometimes behind the current. My
>question to most museums is "why on earth would you not stay open?" It is
>times like these that we need to be available as a place of solace and
>refuge to our visitors. History makes us aware of who we are and have been,
>art of what we are capable of when we leave ourselves, and science of what
>we can be. Though flawed, it is a magnificent world that we live in, full
of
>human beings of amazing perserverance, talent, and intelligence. We
museums,
>as the trustees of objects that show what human beings are capable of, have
>a responsibility at this time to be open and available for a world that is
>very much in pain at what human beings are capable of. I suppose I can
>envision a museum that has content that would be a little sensitive in this
>particular situation, but most of us need to be available for those who
need
>us.
>Katherine
>____________________________________________
>Katherine Stocker
>Associate Registrar/Collections & Exhibitions Assistant
>Mint Museum of Art/Mint Museum of Craft + Design
>2730 Randolph Road
>Charlotte, NC 28207
>704-337-2020
>fax: 704-337-2101
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