And yes,

If we treated our own 'sacred sites' and heritage seriously, we would have
to extend the same concern to our indigenous people, its easier to burn down
the other if you've already self-immolated.

Heleanor Feltham
On my last days at the now dead Sydney Mint Museum
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From: daemon
To: MUSEUM-L
Subject: Re: An obituary (a small rant)
Date: Wednesday, 25 June 1997 9:31AM

Yes:
7) Culture is out of fashion in the 90's
8) History has no meaning for people who live in tomorrow
9) The moral majority hates a naked emperor
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Mark Nielsen
Exhibit Designer/Preparator
University of Michigan Museum of Art
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On Tue, 24 Jun 1997, Byron Johnson wrote:

 vyy> >Is Baltimore alone?  Has anyone else noticed this tendency in MN
and
> >other AAM publications and forums?  When I go to meetings, conferences,
> >and symposia here and around the country I have heard similar stories.
> >Why doesn't Museum News cover these issues with more perspective and
> >thought?
>
> >Matthew A. White
>
> Some simplistic answers from my 23 years in the field are:
>
> 1) No one likes to point out that the emperor has no clothes.
>
> 2) The new girlfriend always looks better than the faithful old wife.
>
> 3) Politicians build monuments to themselves rather than simply hacking
their
>    predecessors' names off the old monument and replacing it with their
own.
>
> 4) America usually destroys the old in favor of the new, even if the new
> doesn't work.
>
> 5) Feel good sells better than feel bad.
>
> 6) Professional journals are often window dressing to display
> accomplishments for         politicians and prospective employers, not as
> forums for debate, trials and
>    tribulations.
>
> Can anyone add to this list?
> ----------------------
> Byron Johnson, Director
> Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum
> P.O. Box 2570, Waco, Texas 76702-2570
> E-Mail: [log in to unmask]
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> "...Unless a people are educated and enlightened it is idle
> to expect the continuance of civil liberty or the capacity
> for self-government."
> Texas Declaration of Independence,  March 2, 1836.
>