Art and Kim,
Although tempting, I refuse to respond to this line of discussion.  But,
ooh, baby, my fingers could fly all over the keyboard!
 
XXX,   Kurt
 
 
At 09:09 PM 4/19/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Dear Kim;-
>    You got right! Museums DO hide the most interesting things out of
>public sight. The excuse may vary. The public wouldn't understand. We
>don't want to encourage people to collect shells and thus cause their
>extinction (That one in Ohio, fer criminy sakes).
>   I wonder if museums understand that the public would not only
>appreciate seeing but could likely help in the presentation. How many
>shell clubs are out of business because they have nothing to do and
>are tired of the films and lectures. Whatever a museum has can be
>shown---and displayed---and explained by those "gifted" amatuers who
>have no letters after their names, but years of experience with an
>equal desire to share that experience.
>     I think that in the last days of Earth, there may well be a
>museum that houses a collection of abandoned museums.
>       Art
>