I have no idea which couldt be helpful but a hint:
If we would exhibit all objects  we accessed the last 150 years with this
condition we would need a new building double the size we now have.
Gerhard Dangel-Reese
Augustinermuseum Freiburg

On Wed, 15 May 1996, David Hartley wrote:

> We have been offered a sizable monetary gift with two small collections
> attached.  The donor would like restrictive language in the deed of gift
> requiring that portions of the two collections be exhibited "in
> perpetuity."  We are trying to move the donor towards less restrictive
> language; however, as the executor of an estate he has had two unhappy
> experiences.  In both instances the recipients, a college and a hospital,
> totally ignored the donor s wishes after accepting the bequest.  Marie
> Malaro suggests precatory rather than mandatory language or a mandatory
> restriction that can only be altered by a vote of the museum s board of
> trustees.  Does anyone have any other ideas or suggestions for less
> restrictive language which would offer the donor some degree of protection
> and still give the museum some long-term flexibility in the use and
> disposition of the two collections?
>
> David B. Hartley
> Director of Museums
> South Dakota State Historical Society
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