Dear Cecelia:

Some of that dry crap is very valuable to the up-and-coming museum employees
and museum studies ( and art history) graduates. Museum education isn't just
for the public;it is also for students of museum studies and art history, and
other interested members of the public to learn about the museum's functions
and operations(including policies),public programs, and their collections.
The Smithsonian's High School Institute is a great outreach program inviting
students from the D.C. metro area who are interested in seeing the
behind-the-scenes operations (or the dry crap) of the museum.  I know many
students who are part of the public, who don't mind seeing how the museum
works behind-the-scenes.

M erri C .Pemberton

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