On 8/29/2024 8:11 AM, cz via cctalk wrote:
   Unfortunately,
museums are no longer a safe place for donated and rare
 artifacts. Paul Allen's heirs just want to keep their $17 billion for
 themselves. 
 Never have been. If there is one thing in life I have learned it's that
 the purpose of a museum is not to preserve history.
 The purpose of a museum is to destroy history. 
 
And let's not forget libraries.  I donated a book (Theological
Subject, another of my degree concentrations not computer related)
to the University library where I worked.  It lasted about 5 years
before it was no longer on the shelf or in the card catalog.
bill