25 Apr
2023
25 Apr
'23
4:24 p.m.
On Apr 25, 2023, at 11:55 AM, Alan Perry
<aperry(a)snowmoose.com> wrote:
Maybe, maybe not. But, given my own experience, I would have a "take it or leave
it" attitude with any museum. If you want it, you can have it as a long term loan,
but I don't care about your policies; you can't have it as a donation.
paul
On Apr 25, 2023, at 06:03, Paul Koning via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Was lending ever an option with LCM? I loaned documents to an individual there but when I
was donating items to the museum itself I was told that they didn’t do loaning of items.
On Apr 25, 2023, at 2:16 AM, Tom Hunter via
cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Hopefully the LCM will be sold as a going concern rather than just a
firesale of the assets.
Otherwise a lot of donors and contributors would be rightfully upset - me
included.
I know of at least one donor who realized his mistake years ago, and wishes he had lent
his collection to the museum rather than donating it. That's not foolproof (a museum
may not exercise due care) but at least you don't have to worry about the museum, or
some heir, deciding to trash the stuff.