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> Chris Whittle said:
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> "Professional sports draw about 6% of all television
> households (80,000,000 in the US times 2 .3 people per
> family and 1-2 hours per week per viewer. Are you
> saying that if people spent as much time in museums as
> they do with their TVs salaries would not be higher?"
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> No, I didn't say that. I said being upset about what
> superstars make, regardless of their field of endeavor,
> is not going to help. Museums need to make people feel
> that they (museums) are a vital need if museum workers
> are to be valued enough to be paid high salaries.
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> Chris Dill
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Chris,
I agree with you.
People need to feel welcomed at musems and not like their trespassing in a
church or a JUST US club. We need to cultivate future museum visitors now!
Pete
Peter J. Vreeland Phone: (212) 769-5183
Department of Education
American Museum of Natural History Fax: (212) 769-5329
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York, NY 10024-5192 ,USA E-Mail:[log in to unmask]
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