In a message dated 3/2/02 9:59:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< I know I'm rambling, but the frustrations you feel towards the Field Museum, I can certainly identify with. It would seem that when an institution has one of the largest meteorite collections in the free world--the museum curator and research staff could certainly try and advocate for more display room, and / or monetary allocations, grants, at least get something in the museum store! Possibly it's just political. They certainly don't seem to be doing any kind of meteorite-interest outreach program for our young people. >> I do know the feeling when I go to the Museum of Natual History in NYC. Same story - nothing has changed in that room since I became inteseted in meteorites. First of all the collection is stuck way n the back of the building. Anyone who enters in through the Central Park West doors may never find it. Those lucky enough to enter in throught the 77St entrance only has to travel throught the "Hall of Mollusks" and "Hall of Human Biology" - nice segues huh? You only have to deal with a Sue Store! :-) We have Mollusks! Why, when they rebuilt the planetarium (ugh, don't get me started) didn't they include a new and improved room for the meteorites there? All they did was reinstall Willamette on edge. WOW! :-P There's also no mention of the collection on the far side of the building. My experience with the staff was not asking to volunteer but just to photograph some specimens up close or behind the scenes for a TV show I did for a local access astronomy show here. I wasn't told no - in so many words - I was told that each photo I took would cost $10! Needless to say all I got were the ones on display in the poorly lit room for free. None of the photos turned out well enough for broadcast. Too bad. BTW - I am a newbie to the list, and have been lurking for about a week. To introduce myself, I'm a firefighter from NYC and have been collecting meteorites for almost 15 years now. While I don't have the collections some of you guys have (drool) I do own about 40 specimens now, and am a regular in the meteorite section of ebay and other personal websites. I am the immediate past President of the NJ Astronomical Assn. and am currently incharge of building improvements there. Where we are modernizing our lecture room into a disply discovery room. Well, I tortured you guys long enuff - back to lurking and learning. Kevin K. ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
