14 May
2014
14 May
'14
1:11 p.m.
On 13/05/2014 16:56, Al Kossow wrote:
On 5/13/14 2:26 AM, Dave wrote:
Al
Thanks for clearing up what happened to the Boston stuff, I do find it
sad I now have to travel twice as far to see it, and that there is no
legacy of DEC in New England
On the other hand I believe that CHM is a much improved facility and I
hope to get there this year or next, but its a long expensive trip...
I also think most museums in the UK have a similar stated policy. On the
other hand when faced with financial pressures, and most UK most Museums
have severe funding pressures, I think all bets are off. Look at this
link from 12 months ago:-
http://www.prolificnorth.co.uk/2013/06/outrage-as-iconic-northern-museums-f…
I guess that if it had closed 90% of the stuff would have gone into
storage....
Dave
G4UGM
what happened to all the stuff from the Boston
Museum.?
It went to another museum, EXACTLY what is SUPPOSED to happen with
artifacts placed
into a public trust.
There is a formal accessioning and deacessioning process that museums
have to go through
for any artifact in a collection.
If an artifact is redundant, in poor condition, or is out of scope,
the institution can
de-acession something in its collection but the process is not simple,
and they have to
make an effort to try to offer it to another museum.
A collector cold-calling a museum wanting to buy an artifact only
irritates the person you contact.
And just to make it clear, the Computer History Museum has a policy
that NOTHING offered or in our
collection is EVER sold. The Computer Museum had a different policy,
and had artifacts in their gift
shop, we do not.