Recently in a commentary in our local paper,a writer stated that
our museum was a "revenue generating nostalagia business".
It's all in your perspective I guess.



At 09:05 AM 1/8/01 -0800, you wrote:
>I'm curious about TW Moran's contention that museums
>are the proprietors of our cultural history.  What do
>you museum curators think?  (That might be redundant
>given the participants in this discussion).  It has
>always been my understanding that Museums are more or
>less representatives of the public and therefore our
>collective history.  Sure, an institution does have
>goals to introduce new ideas and artifacts; but, since
>these institutions also have the goal of attracting
>viewers, a show that is too far out, not familiar
>enough of a memory, to the public, nobody will come.
>
>chris wise
>
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