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Similar to what Ellen said — several other museums have been
mentioned with tractors in their collections. Perhaps a conservator
from one of those museums could talk to your volunteers. Rather than
having a MAN talk to them, have someone with expertise with the same
issues of the same types of objects. Chances are it will be a man,
but you want some common knowledge and not just some random guy. ;-)
-Carol
On Sep 17, 2010, at 1:14 PM, Carrlee, Ellen M (EED) wrote:
> As far as credibility and getting people to listen to you, I have
> found that it has been helpful for me to admit where my expertise
> ends and the expertise of volunteers and others begins. For
> example, there are important historic aircraft in the Alaska State
> Museum collection. One aircraft in particular was up for some
> restoration by an outside entity. But I know next to nothing about
> aircraft, and the folks who wanted to see work done have a lot of
> knowledge. We contracted a conservator from the Henry Ford Museum
> who know airplanes to come and do a condition assessment and
> treatment recommendation for the aircraft. Soon after, that
> conservator was selected to be the head of the conservation at the
> National Air and Space Museum. You can imagine the credibility
> that his report has with the folks who want to restore that
> airplane, compared to the weight they might have given my report.
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