Since most of the comments thus far relate to conservation and collections management, how's about this one:

You might be a museum professional if you start assessing commercial signage in your city for grammatical errors, legibility (why would they use all caps?!), and take-home messages.


Alexandra Trumbull
Masters student in Anthropology and Museum Studies
UW-Milwaukee and Milwaukee Public Museum


Tammy Espaillat <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
I have my own twist on the museum professional jokes.... You know you're an
acrylic fabricator when instead of looking at the objects in the exhibit,
your checking out the quality of the seams on the display cases! HA!




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Tammy Espaillat
Sales Executive
Just Plastics
250 Dyckman Street
New York, NY 10034
Phone#212-569-8500
Fax#212-569-6970
Site- www.justplastics.com

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