25 Jun
2024
25 Jun
'24
1:21 p.m.
On Jun 25, 2024, at 4:05 PM, dstalkowski--- via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Museums may be one of the worst place to donate equipment.
This example from ham radio was posted to rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors
back in 2000:
"Many of us in the Dallas area donated hundreds of highly collectable
radios to the National Museum of Communications in Irving, Texas. These
included many brands such as Collins, Hallicrafters(several SX-115's
among others), National, hammarlund, etc. Two years ago, without our
knowledge, they filled five large commercial dumsters with these radios,
and hauled them to a dump".
I assume computer museums are no better.
That makes me think of a similar case, involving a national technology museum in Holland.
It at one time had (owned or on loan, I'm not sure) the world's first FM broadcast
transmitter, from 1919. (No, not Armstrong's; different technology and more than a
decade before Armstrong's work.) Then it disappeared; it may have gone back to its
previous owner but I'm not sure about that.
This is why I speak of loans. Sure, some museums say "no loans". My reply
would be "sorry to hear that, I'll have to look elsewhere then".
paul