I'd be curious to hear the rationale behind setting up a museum for what
appear mostly to be textual and 2D artifacts.  Seems more like a library
collection to me.  Ideally, these things would be searchable and accessible
in various ways.  The museum experience suggests a very different way of
using these documents.  Or, maybe a WWW site would be most appropriate.
Could be done for 1/1000 the cost of a museum, attract more users, and be
more appropriately accessible.

Seriously, I would be glad to hear: why a museum vs. a library collection
(perhaps part of a university library) or a WWW site?

Eric Siegel
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