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At 09:57 AM 7/21/97 -0300, Eric wrote:
>I'd be curious to hear the rationale behind setting up a museum for what
>appear mostly to be textual and 2D artifacts. Seems more like a library
>collection to me. Ideally, these things would be searchable and accessible
>in various ways. The museum experience suggests a very different way of
>using these documents. Or, maybe a WWW site would be most appropriate.
>Could be done for 1/1000 the cost of a museum, attract more users, and be
>more appropriately accessible.
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>Seriously, I would be glad to hear: why a museum vs. a library collection
>(perhaps part of a university library) or a WWW site?
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>Eric Siegel
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I'm surprised that the Arents Collection (New York Public Library) has not
been cited in this thread. This, I understand, is one of the premier
collections on tobacco and tobacco history. I wonder if they also collect
tobacco related objects.
r.baron
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