Ross! Do you have any idea how many Disnoids actually work in museums? I have come across one or two at the Autry or here; and they're all in the marketing, special events department. Aaaaarrrggghhh. Don't mean to be unkind to them, but they do not have our sensitivity; they're still into the "let's make the big bucks" approach by spending lots of money in advertising and "promotional" stuff; to hell with the historical value of an object, let's make money off of it, squeeze for all it's worth, then go ahead and accession it into the collection. Double aaargggh! O Olivia S. Anastasiadis, Curator Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace Yorba Linda, CA 92886 (714) 993-5075 ext. 224; fax (714) 528-0544 On Sun, 29 Jun 1997 19:12:44 -0400 "Ross Weeks Jr." <[log in to unmask]> writes: >---------- >> From: Byron Johnson <[log in to unmask]> >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: Re: Museum News (was STILL (a small rant)) >> Date: Sunday, June 29, 1997 12:05 AM >> >> It seems like most of the print expended in the field is either for >"glossy"...... >Byron, right on! > >The folks at the AAM office are, I'm sure, quite interested in this >exchange and maybe we can hope enough of the association's governing >board ....>anyone suggests an expansion project is going to give a big boost to >admissions fees and this is what's needed to put a museum in the >black, that person ought to be working for Disney World, not a museum, in my >humble opinion. An expansion program for a museum must be based >entirely on its worth, not its market appeal.