When I became this museum's director, we dumped all the jugs of 'shine that were in collections storage. Emptied the Prohibition Era vodka & bourbon bottles... Ross Weeks Jr. Historic Crab Orchard Museum & Pioneer Park Tazewell, Va. http://histcrab.netscope.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Feltus, Pamela" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 10:09 AM Subject: Re: A Question for the Alcoholic List > There must be a way, beyond planning a museum-l happy hour at AAM that the > alcoholic tendencies on this list can be put to good. > > At my last job, we were working on the Archives and a Museum for Brown > Forman, which seems to either make or market about every type of booze (the > samples that tempted in the Collections!), as well as fine china and crystal > brands. By the time I left, it seemed the museum wasn't going to become a > reality, so don't get too excited planning field trips. > > But in the process of processing we ran into an interesting problem: > The alcohol. And by extension, all food products in collections. Do > you keep them intact or dispose of the contents and just keep the packaging? > There is the issue of alcohol, and some food, evaporating or emitting scary > gasses and hurting your collection. But the food itself might be important > in the future. You might have the only sample of the original Old Foresters > KY Bourbon from 1870. Or a Twinkie. Or hardtack. > As much as I wanted to be in the front of the disposal line, I also > remembered a wine bottle from ancient Rome being found and the information > that was gleaned from studying the contents. As much as I can remember, the > balance we struck was sealed bottles were kept intact and opened ones > emptied. > > So, from a varying degree of purists, anyone have theories on this type of > thing? > > And in defense of diet coke as a mixer- if you get used to it, regular coke > will just disgust you. For a diet coke drinker, there's nothing wrong with > jack and diet coke! > > > > Pamela Feltus > Curator > National Museum of American Jewish Military History > 1811 R Street NW, Washington DC 20009 > 202-265-6280 x201 > > www.nmajmh.org > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).