16 May
2014
16 May
'14
3:29 a.m.
Adorably bitter, Smallwood.
The term "museum" is kind of like the term "company" or
"charity". It has a
lot of organizations that have the term, with different approaches,
different rules, and different experiences dealing with them.
Talking like an ebay seller who once got jagged on shipping doesn't really
capture the spectrum of what's out there. I deal with museums and archives
constantly - some are good and get my attention (and items) and some are
not so good and get neither.
It's a big world, take a walk in it.
On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 9:19 AM, R SMALLWOOD
<rodsmallwood52 at btinternet.com>wrote:
You have to look at the motivations behind those who
run museums.
Firstly only a small fraction of what they have is ever seen.
They are hoarders and misers of the worst kind.
They want the satisfaction of having access to what others do not.
They are often narrow minded and self seeking.
The excuse of saving or preserving for the future doesn't hold water if
its only for themselves.
Don't fall for the old 'we don't sell donated items' routine. I suppose
they don't spend donated money either.
Visitors are only shown what the people behind the scenes want them to see
not what the visitors would like.
Have a look at the problems at Bletchley Park.
The government gave them money and the vultures moved in.
What's required is a system where stored items are re-homed if they can be
moved and brought
back to life insitu by those with the knowledge if not.
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From: John Many Jars <john at yoyodyne-propulsion.net>
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <
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Sent: Thursday, 15 May 2014, 12:39
Subject: Re: Buying something from a museum (was Re: Whats in a straight 8
PDP-8)
Or donate it to said museum...
On 14 May 2014 16:54, Jason Scott <jason at textfiles.com> wrote:
If the part you're missing is only in
museums, and a tiny handful of
museum
at that, it's probably time to pay for
fabricating a new part, or stop
keeping the machine up.
On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 11:22 AM, Philipp Hachtmann <hachti at hachti.de
wrote:
>
> And just to make it clear, the Computer History Museum has a policy
that
>> NOTHING offered or in our
>> collection is EVER sold.
>>
> That means? Everything that ever arrives at CHM will never leave again?
> I personally do not like "black hole policies". They mean that the CHM
> wouldn't even help out a collector like me with a spare part it would
never
> need again...
>
> Or did I get it wrong? (Would be cool)
>
> Kind regards
>
> Philipp
>
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