Olivia wrote:
     "people coming to the museum certainly want to see a well groomed,
     bright eyed person, not someone with chains hanging from their ears."

     Why are you assuming your staff members and volunteeers cannot be
     well-groomed and bright-eyed AND have chains hanging from their ears?
     If you're trying to convince everyone under thirty that they have
     nothing to contribute to or learn from museums, I can't think of a
     better way than by telling them that their personal esthetic choices
     are too threatening to "real" members of the museum-supporting
     community.

     We're always talking on this list about the need to reach out to new
     audiences, be culturally sensititve, and encourage a view of museums
     as dymanic and interesting places. Well, how about extending some
     cultural sensitivity towards twenty-year-olds with pierced eyebrows or
     green streaks in their hair? They have just as much to offer as you
     radical baby boomers with your hair reaching so threateningly past
     your shirt collars did thirty years ago.

     Manda

     Manda Vranic
     Exhibit and Outreach Technician
     City of Toronto Archives
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