Re: Museums
The original purpose of museums and libraries was to allow the populace to educate themselves. This cannot work if people don't go in through the door because of high entrance fees... These places are NOT theme park rides. Their purpose is to improve everyone and to make the entire country more competitive on the world stage through having a more knowledgeable and more engaged population.
The current crop seem designed to appeal to stylists, architects and fashionistas of various sorts. They have lost sight of their prime purpose.
As a consequence, real museums you can get lost in like in Phil's photos, and the delightful museum of communications (Originally the Harry Matthews collection of the university of Edinburgh) deserve support.
David
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Can't afford the volcanic island yet, but the plans for my monorail and the goons' uniforms are done
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