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IMO, better a somewhat higher risk of loss or damage actually being used than paying for them to slowly rot in a storehouse.
by boomboomsubban 3y ago
IMO, better a somewhat higher risk of loss or damage actually being used than paying for them to slowly rot in a storehouse.
- ceejayoz 3y agoThey're not slowly rotting in a storehouse. They're restored, conserved, and rotated in and out of the museum's public collection so it's ever-changing, which helps generate repeat business. (They're often also available for academic purposes.)
- boomboomsubban 3y agoConserving them only slows the rate of rot. There's some truth to helping generate repeat business, but even with a 100% yearly rotation rate that's a 17 year cycle to see everything without counting new additions. I doubt people are going to lose interest because two years prior to the new showing they could have traveled to Oklahoma City to view it.