So Greg Koos says:

>These attacks are conducted in order to further inflame the American public.
> That is why Newt & Co. misinfrom people about the contents of the exhibits
>and their themes.
>>
And I say that museums should respond.  My question is, how?  Many of us
work for entities of government--we cannot talk with the press except after the
approval of 12 layers of bureaucracy!  Others of us work for private non-
profits, which depend upon public goodwill and contributions.  With all
due deference to Hank Burchard and his fellow scribes, most members of the
press SEEM to be interested in the "sound bite" or "pithy quote".  Some-
times, an explanation of the contents of an exhibit or the reason for an
inflammatory object therein takes more than a sentence.

Can we develop a series of short, on-point responses to the kind of silly
posturing politicians do over our serious, well-thought-out exhibits?  And,
what exactly is the venue in which these responses could be made?

Claudia Nicholson
Curator of Collections
South Dakota State Historical Society, Pierre

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