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Waterway museums Re: help

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From: Malcolm N.....
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 11:55
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On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 10:45:49 -0000, "Roger Murray"
<timbuktu@rgm8.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

>My own personal view about the Waterways Trust museums is that they do not
>seem to have a cohesive shape, or thought out  feel about them. As if  'Ah,
>we have a canaside site so we should open a museum about canals, but don't
>really know what to put in it and say!'  Bit cruel, but thats how they feel.
>I think Phil, it is a matter for the museum organisers to start from a clean
>sheet of paper. First they should address the question of Objective. What is
>the objective of this museum, sounds a stupid question, but try answering
>it.
>

I perhaps really should know, but I don't (:-( ;
are the museums totally run by BW - or is there an involvement with
the Science Museum - who run other transport museums around the
country.

Maybe the curatorial aspects need better coordination with other
national museums.


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Malcolm
webmaster http://www.nb-president.org.uk/

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