Dear Geoff: Congratulations! I think MUSEUM-L is indeed a very great resource for timely issues such as the one you brought up. And I'm sure you & your colleagues have made the proper decision based on a sense of common ethical values, within your own particular institutional framework. I appreciated reading your message. Wendy Botting, Cornell University In message Thu, 8 Sep 1994 15:58:21 +1100, Geoff Holden <[log in to unmask]> writes: > This is just a short note from the originator of the "mummies-on-display" > question to thank everyone who responded on what rapidly became a > contentious issue. I had had some disquiet at the idea from the start, > but the spirited debate on MUSEUM-L clinched it for me - we will not put > human remains on show in the proposed exhibition! > So thank you everyone - I have collated all the responses and they have > been much read and discussed around this Museum (Museum of Victoria). > Geoff "Another Decision Made For Me" Holden > Curator of Communications and Non-Human Remains. >