Don't feel bad, Misty. I once worked for an organization that had, in
its past, accessioned all their office furniture and a mule.
Anne
Anne T. Lane, Collections Manager
Charlotte Museum of History
3500 Shamrock Drive
Charlotte NC 28215
704-568-1774, ext 110
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Winter Featured Events and Exhibits:
North Carolina Slave Narratives, February 5, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Stitched from the Soul Family Day, February 12, 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
An Evening with Robert Bruns - the Scottish Bard, February 26, 6:30 -
10:30 p.m.
Civil War Encampment, March 5, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Vecinos/Neighbors on exhibit until August 2005
Stitched from the Soul: The Farmer-James Collection of African-American
Quilts, on exhibit until March 2005
Solving the Rock House Mysteries, now on exhibit
For information on these and all other events, please call (704)
568-1774 or visit us online at www.charlottemuseum.org
-----Original Message-----
From: Misty Tilson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 9:25 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Artifacts vs. Props
I'm glad someone brought up this discussion. I struggle with this alot
when the curator wants to acquisition something into the permanent
collection that he would use as a prop in an exhibit. For instance he
brought in a 20 year old bottle of salad dressing (nothing unique, a
brand that is still being made) as a new acquisition because he might
need it in an exhibit display for instance if we had a scene of a
grocery store. So our problems are props that don't even rate a label
in an exhibit, so they are just used to set the scene. So does anyone
else have items like this, do you store them? I've tried to explain
that items like that can be aquired when needed, and should not go in
the permanent collection.
I apologize for not signing my name, but I'm a little embarrassed by the
salad dressing.
(of course I have other issues with the donors as to why they retained a
bottle of salad dressing for 20 years.)
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