This story is nothing short of astonishing, and totally unexpected in the midst of this huge disaster. These people are my new heroes, honestly!
I have always wondered how I would respond as a museum person, when confronted with such a huge regional disaster (probably the last time we really talked about this was following the looting of the Iraqi National Museum in Bagdad). I only hope that under such circumstances, I would conduct myself with the same honor, bravery, and sense of purpose as those fine people at NOMA have.
Wow.
Claudia
Claudia J. Nicholson
Executive Director
North Star Museum of Boy Scouting and Girl Scouting
651-739-8857
www.nssm.org