2nd December 2010, 06:24 PM
Good grief, a thread that starts with someone quoting me and hasn't turned into a Dinosaur-kicking-fest :face-approve:
-am sure it won't last....
It would require some pretty big changes in the way a lot of musuems are operated/funded to allow them to supply that service? A lot of the one's I've had dealings are mainly just horrified that we want to dump 300 boxes of non-displayable tat on them along with a big cheque, and don't obviously have the means to deal with the realities of field archaeology much beyond that (no insult to museum staff intended and I'm sure it varies widely, just my own limited personal experience) - don't forget that their curatorial role in that area was in general pretty much removed by the setting up of SMRs which was long enough ago that most museum staff are now of a generation which is unfamiliar with that concept as part of their normal workload
-am sure it won't last....
It would require some pretty big changes in the way a lot of musuems are operated/funded to allow them to supply that service? A lot of the one's I've had dealings are mainly just horrified that we want to dump 300 boxes of non-displayable tat on them along with a big cheque, and don't obviously have the means to deal with the realities of field archaeology much beyond that (no insult to museum staff intended and I'm sure it varies widely, just my own limited personal experience) - don't forget that their curatorial role in that area was in general pretty much removed by the setting up of SMRs which was long enough ago that most museum staff are now of a generation which is unfamiliar with that concept as part of their normal workload