Actually, Wendy, I didn't say that, someone else did.
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From: Wendy Coones <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: 14 March 1998 15:26
Subject: Re: Disney...museums & the 21st C


>On Fri, 13 Mar 1998, Barry Dressel wrote:
>
>> >No matter what one thinks about theme parks and Disneyland/world, I find
it
>> >rather difficult to understand how anyone could think that these
marvelous
>> >institutions have museum-like functions.  Museums and theme parks are
>> >quite distinct.
>
>At the Museum where I am there is a wonderful lady volunteer who is in
>her early 80s.  She is a very "with-it" person.  She is well read, has
>traveled to many places, is a ex-teacher, and a devout learner of new
>things.  One day we were having a discussion about Disney and she started
>saying how wonderful it was.  This was unexpected from a woman who lived
>with the Hopis in her 30s and went bear watching in Alaska a few years ago.
>I asked her what made the experience so rewarding for her.  She said,
> "they do their research because they have to, they make it intellectually
> interesting becausee they have to...but...they have the money to present
> things in an utterly fantastic way.  It's like going to the five star of
> learning places.  They make you walk around with a smile on your face
> all day."
>
>
>Wendy Coones
>Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
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