Leeanne,
As single visitors, each "paranormal" had hithertoo the chance to visit
each museum worldwide.
From the museological point of view, museums and museum objects (the
hardfacts) are always connected with reality and its representation and
interpretation. For those trying to go beyond reality, true museums are
approached by them with suspicion, as vicegerents of science. The
question is: should museums betray their goals "for good money" (non
olet, said the pragmatic Romans) subsidizing dubious groups like
obscurantists instead of enlightment?
Will museums be subsidized with public money, entrance fees, private
donation or bequethed with private collections if they make money even
with obscurantists?
Where is the limit to prostitution?
Christian
Am 31.03.2015 um 11:18 schrieb Westwood Leeanne:
>
> Paranormal investigations can be big business and people are willing
> to pay good money to get access to buildings that have previously been
> inaccessible.
>
> We had an investigation on Saturday that raised a solid £1000 profit
> for 7 hours work!
>
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> *On Behalf Of *Robert Wolfe
> *Sent:* 30 March 2015 22:49
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* Re: [MUSEUM-L] Letting Paranormal Groups Use the Museum
>
> I hope this isn't taken as destroying the sanctity of the museum, but
> in my humble opinion, in a time when many museums struggle with
> budgets, any publicity is good publicity.
>
> -Robert W.
>
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 3:57 PM, Jerrie Clarke
> <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
> They are not scholars and they are not asking to have access to
> storage, only the galleries and grounds. Yes. that would indeed be a
> deal breaker. Thank you for your input.
>
> Jerrie Clarke
> Director
> Lost City Museum
> PO Box 2507
> Overton, NV 89040
> (702) 397-2193 <tel:%28702%29%20397-2193>
>
> http://museums.nevadaculture.org
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> On Mon, 3/30/15, Stephen Nowlin <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
> Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Letting Paranormal Groups Use the Museum
> To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Monday, March 30, 2015, 12:00 PM
>
>
> I presume the
> ³paranormal groups² in question are not made up of
> anthropological or archeological scholars, but
> rather of believers in
> occult or
> supernatural phenomena associated with current and past
> rituals
> and artifacts (apologies if that¹s
> the wrong assumption). If your museum
> embraces those beliefs and your policies allow
> for persons without
> academic or scholarly
> credentials to have access to the collection, then
> allowing such groups access would be in keeping
> with the museum mission.
> If however the
> museum limits access to qualified scholars or sees its
> role
> as educating the public about how
> history and myth intertwine from an
> objective academic and scientific perspective,
> I would be wary of allowing
> the collection
> to be used in a way that might distort such a mission in
> the public perception.
>
> Stephen Nowlin
> Director,
> Williamson Gallery
> Art Center College of
> Design
>
>
>
> On 3/30/15, 11:14 AM, "Jerrie
> Clarke"
> <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
> wrote:
>
> >This is directed
> to museums that hold ancient and not so ancient Native
> >American objects, including funerary items,
> as part of the collection or
> >in
> safe-keeping for Native groups; though anyone can
> respond.
> >
> >Almost a
> year ago, I was contacted by 4 different paranormal groups
> who
> >wanted to come late at night to do
> readings and filming in the museum. I
> >was uneasy about letting them in and just
> about the time that I was
> >feeling a
> little bombarded and told them Œno¹, Dave Harvey offered
> his
> >on-line paranormal course. I signed up and
> now better understand just
> >what
> paranormal investigators do, what they may want to do with
> the
> >findings, and how I can allow or
> restrict what they share (thanks again,
> >Dave). He shared articles and policies and
> I¹ve been working on our
> >policy, as
> part of our use of museum by outside groups policy, that
> I¹d
> >like to finish this week.
> >
> >However, I¹m still a
> little concerned and our curator has some strong
> >concerns. The curator and I have both
> previously worked in museums where
> >there
> is an agreement about who can access these kinds of objects
> and how
> >they are handled; even how one
> should behave when in their presence. The
> >curator¹s concerns have to do with respect
> and sensitivity of the objects
> >and the
> ancestors themselves. The hill on which Lost City Museum
> sits is
> >an excavated Ancestral Puebloan
> site so there were living quarters and
> >burials here. The artifacts on display and
> in storage were found in the
> >excavations
> along the river that runs through the valley.
> >
> >I¹d like to know how
> other museums address this kind of request. Do you
> >have a museum use policy specifically
> addressing paranormal groups?
> >
> >Jerrie
> >
> >Jerrie Clarke
> >Director
> >Lost City
> Museum
> >PO Box 807
> >Overton, NV 89040
> >(702)
> 397-2193
> >
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