[meteorite-list] Omani meteorite museum

[Dawn & Gerald Flaherty]

Al, way to keep it light!! and to the point, but as you just said money
"talks", even at the Field which I'll make a point of seeing my next visit
to Chi.
I go regularly to the Harvard exhibit, and I think I could "hacksaw" a few
out if I could figure out how to carry them away cause there's no one there
except me!!!
Jerry Flaherty
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "AL Mitterling" <almitt at kconline.com>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 8:34 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Omani meteorite museum


> Hi Steve and list,
>
> This isn't exactly true. There is a pretty good group of us (from this
> area) that get to the museum and wear out the carpets, smear the cases
> with our paw prints and create a oxidizing rich environment from not
> wiping our mouths after a long view of precious meteorite specimens. I
> think they have special detail that cleans up after us after the visits.
> Probably meteorite craze recognition software in the Field's cameras so
> they are on guard :-)
>
> Very true that the display hasn't changed for a very long time. Dr.
> Wadawa (sp, sorry Mini) said it was her aim a few years back to work on
> the display but of course you need support from the museum to do such a
> undertaking and they weigh the cost verses the draw of crowds. Sometimes
> the money just gets funneled into other areas deemed more important,
> better draw or so I have been told by other curators of collections.
>
> --AL Mitterling (who prefers to talk to the real Steve Arnold)
>
> MeteorHntr at aol.com wrote:
>
>   I am not sure if they even vacuum the carpet in the meteorite section
>   at the Chicago Field Museum but once a year due to the lack of foot
>   traffic (I know they haven't spent any money to update the displays in
>   about 90 years!).
>
>
>
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