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Re: slate and museum technology
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Allison Francies <[log in to unmask]>
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Interesting article and lots of food for thought, but the suggestion that
museums might sell off or overly neglect their collections in favor of
keeping up a "wow" factor ignores one of the core directives of most
museums- to protect objects of cultural heritage and significance for
future study.

That part really stuck out to me, I'd be interested to hear what others
think.

Best,
A

Allie Francies
Exhibit Developer
Penn Museum
penn.museum

On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 11:51 PM, Charles Carlson <
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> ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers
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> Eric thanks for sharing.  I would venture that the museums that we know
> and love may well be an anachronism of the 20th century and on a long road
> to retirement.   We tend to believe that they promote a set of values that
> inform and shape the learning experience more on faith than fact, when the
> fact is that best exhibits and exhibitions are but reflections of someone's
> personal experience of the world brought forth to share.  The facts,
> concepts and artifacts are but changeable touchstones for the posited
> experience, and of little relevance in the end.
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> There's lots to unpack in the Slate article.
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> These opinions are mine of course.
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