And on the other hand... I can appreciate your outrage. I do share it, in
principle.

But in reality, I would LOVE LOVE LOVE the chance to be a corporate whore if
it meant that I could have a little more storage space, or a textile case
for exhibits, or some flashy interpretive signs.

Erica in Issaquah
Where we remain pure and unsullied, but largely unfunded, and where the
grass definitely looks greener on the other side of the fence.

Erica S. Maniez
Museum Director, Issaquah Historical Society
425/392-3500
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www.issaquahhistory.org

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of Deb Fuller
> Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 3:35 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Corporate donor gripe
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I must vent a bit and I know you will sympathise. I get to work
> today at the
> National Air and Space Museum to find that our IMAX theater has
> been renamed to
> the "Lockheed Martin" IMAX Theater.
>
> This is just ridiculus. It was already named after a pioneer in
> flight, Samuel
> P. Langley, so I find renaming it after a corporation just
> insulting. Sure they
> paid the mega$$$ to install new 3-D IMAX cameras, put up a big
> plaque in their
> honor. But renaming the theater is just too much.
>
> The day is nearing when the SI museums will be renamed after
> corporate donors.
> Heck, half the galleries are already that way.
>
> Deb - disgruntled at the SI but what else is new :)
>
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