Congratulations on your retirement, Harry.
On behalf of myself and the other museum afficionados
in the world, may I extend a heartfelt THANK YOU for
all you have done to enlighten the world. Your work
is most sincerely appreciated.
Hurry back to the list, and the best of luck as you
enjoy "the Life of Reilly." Somehow, I have a feeling
you will still be involved.
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> Today I close my career of public service which
> began on a part-time basis
> in 1957. I thought I would briefly share my thoughts
> at this moment with
> you.
>
> It is a very difficult time to work in the heritage
> field. For years now,
> we - wherever we live and work - have continuously
> been asked to do more and
> more with less and less. However, I must say that,
> when I began to work in
> museums, I was awestruck by how much museum people,
> working ridiculously
> long hours, for niggardly pay and little
> institutional thanks, accomplished
> so very much. Today, I am just as impressed. What an
> incredible bunch of
> people to work with and how successfully you have
> coped with the
> ever-tightening corporate belt!
>
> We at the War Museum have been very fortunate in
> recent years, as it looks
> like we finally may get a new museum. But even if we
> don't, we have a Chief
> Operating Officer (and acting CEO) who has worked
> wonders to get us more
> funding and vastly improved central services.
> However, few museums have been
> so fortunate.
>
> We in museums and historic sites, are like the
> soldiers in what is surely
> one of the greatest classics of war literature in
> English - or any other
> language - Shakespeare's HENRY V:
>
> "Let me speak proudly. Tell the Constable
> We are but warriors for the working day.
> Our gayness and our gilt are all besmirched
> With rainy marches in the painful field,
> And time has worn us into slovenry.
> But, by the Mass, our hearts are in the trim."
>
> and so it is with all of you.
>
> Thank you for all the help and support you have
> given me in so many ways,
> and I hope I have been able to return some of it.
> Over the past few weeks, I
> have received messages conveying best wishes on my
> retirement from Russia,
> Austria, Switzerland, France, Belgium, the
> Netherlands, the UK, Australia,
> New Zealand, the USA and across Canada and I am
> deeply grateful - and
> equally humbled by them all.
>
> But I will not really be gone. As soon as John
> Chadwick hooks me onto
> MUSEUM-L from home, I will be back in touch, as a
> consultant to the heritage
> community. You can reach me at: [log in to unmask]
>
> Thanks for everything and my best wishes for
> continued success in the
> future!
>
> Harry
> Harry Needham
> Canadian War Museum
>
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> (819) 776-8612 FAX: (819) 776-8623
>
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>
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