Carol, Thanks for the kudos. It's funny what you can find out if you just ask. -Cass On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 5:18 PM, Carol Kocian <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > It's good to see there was some response. "Slanderized?" Didn't they do > that to themselves when they wrote about using the museum's dresses? > > It's the small museums, with less formal security and procedures, where we > hear these stories. I've heard of volunteers taking something home and > throwing it in the washing machine, with no idea that antique textiles need > to be cleaned in different ways. The idea of sneaking something out of a > display could encourage someone else to do the same. > > What would have been wrong with stating up front that they were permitted > to borrow the repro dresses? Did they think the photos would be better > received with a story of illegal or unethical behavior? Obviously from the > reaction on this list, we did not like the story and would otherwise have > enjoyed the photos more. > > I'm also amused about her complaint of museum buffs "hating on" her. What > did she expect? As a good museum employee, if she read the same thing posted > by someone else, I would hope for the same sense of outrage. > > I have to go kick a dog now. Oh, I'm just kidding, I'm not really going to > do that!* > > -Carol > > *No actual dog or vintage dress was harmed in the writing of this post. > > > On Feb 25, 2011, at 1:34 PM, Perian Sully wrote: > > FYI: the author responded on her own blog: > http://thedarlingsfables.tumblr.com/post/3505332820/dear-sarah-i-recently-ran-across-a-link-to-your-blog > > Hello! > > Hey Cass, > > I didn’t mean to alarm anyone about the post, the dresses I believe are > reproductions in good condition and belonged to a set of costumes that our > boss had designated as ones we wore for museum events; they had been worn > before for these purposes. Regarding the description, I kind of exaddurated > for effect- they were in fact in the attic, not on the mannequins, and upon > logging in this morning and finding my post being re-posted and slanderized, > I realized I shouldn’t have said that. Its a very small town museum in poor > condition and much of the restoration and preservation done that summer > regarding garments and other things around the museum had been done by my > friend and I as there had been a slew of poor managers/curators who have > kind of let things slide. Student summer employees wouldn’t just be given > full authority over re-vamping displays and such, to give you an idea of the > hap-hazard state of the museum; there are many things in the small museum > that have been damaged just by poor insulation and state of the building in > terms of moisture (it’s very old), far worse than the dresses. This is to > say I understand where you’re coming from in terms of antique preservation, > and it saddens me that many of these items have been damaged beyond repair, > so we would never have intentionally damage artefacts. As for the > reproductions we wore, none of the dresses were damaged and my friend and I > were very good museum employees- we would never have taken anything without > permission or used actual era gowns for these photoshoot purposes, we too > have a love of museums and all things vintage, hence the photos. Please > spread the word that these were not damaged so that the photos themselves > can be appreciated and my friend and I won’t be given bad names on the > tumblr-verse! I have deleted the original but I suppose I can’t prevent the > spread of the post and museum buffs hating on me for it so I’m feeling > pretty badly! The joys of the internet. Anyway, hope this clears things up, > if you have any more questions feel free to ask! > > Sarah > > Kudos to Cass, who contacted her directly! > > (I totally wanna see better study collections now, though...) > > ~P > > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MUSEUM-L list, click the following link: > http://home.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=MUSEUM-L&A=1 > ========================================================= 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).