I would much rather see the $1mil going to fund museums here than to spread
propaganda there.  It sounds like there is very much a personal axe to
grind, which is never a good reason to start a museum.  If they want to
spend money to preserve the documents, perhaps they can create an archive in
an already-existing museum and upgrade the climate controls and storage
conditions in that museum to accommodate them.

Julia Muney Moore
Director of Exhibitions and Artist Services
Indianapolis Art Center
820 E. 67th St.
Indianapolis, IN  46220
(317) 255-2464 x233
FAX (317) 254-0486
email <[log in to unmask]>
website <http://www.indplsartcenter.org>


-----Original Message-----
From: Michelle Gallagher [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 1:13 PM
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Subject: Museum-L: Commemorating Tragedies/Atrocities


Below is an Editorial/Op-Ed article from the New York Times regarding the
building of a museum in Iraqi to commemorate and discuss the actions of the
Baathist party in Iraqi.  The author brings up some interesting questions
about the time and space needed before public debate and commemoration can
be begin on tragedies and atrocities. What does everyone else think? What is
the appropriate amount of time and public debate needed before an event or
series of events can be interpreted in a museum? Is it too soon to be
discussing a museum in Iraqi? How about for 9/11? The Oklahoma City bombing?
Other nationals events/tragedies?


Shop of Horrors
By ELIZABETH A. COLE
Published: October 21, 2003 - New York Times
Anyone looking closely at the $20.3 billion Iraqi reconstruction package
that the Bush administration sent to Congress may have been surprised by an
item near the end with a comparatively modest price tag: a museum of
Baathist crimes, $1 million. What was this doing on a list that included
police training and the rebuilding of infrastructure?
(For rest of story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/21/opinion/21COLE.html?th)


Michelle Gallagher, Collections Manager
Palm Springs Desert Museum

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