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Article #99805Waterway museums Re: help
From: Malcolm N.....
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 11:55
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. -- Malcolm webmaster http://www.nb-president.org.uk/
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