tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post789507250250318911..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Communicating ArchaeologyPaul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-52888018639399692072020-07-19T06:26:18.636-07:002020-07-19T06:26:18.636-07:00It is a sad indictment of the dumbed down approach...It is a sad indictment of the dumbed down approach that museums in general have adopted. <br />In the case of our local municipal museum, research was always encouraged and supported, with the museum itself central to archaeological work of the time (to 1980). Now it is only visiting researchers who require access to collections, local archaeology is hardly supported (at one point a fully archived excavation, report and finds, from the only prehistoric structure on Cumbrian dunes, was refused to be accepted fifteen years later.) During the same period several special funds were raised to buy in detected finds.<br /> The Borough now sees the museum primarily as providing something for tourists to gawk at while being fleeced of their hard earned. Even the purpose built lecture and studio space and a full floor has been let to the local shipyard HR dept.<br />OK things change, but not always for the goodHougenaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13572432580825010946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-53886181514430399672020-07-19T03:01:12.828-07:002020-07-19T03:01:12.828-07:00Point of info: it is the landowner not the archaeo...Point of info: it is the landowner not the archaeologist who is the gatekeeper. <br /><br />And an excellent one, if properly informed. <br /><br />Why isn't he properly informed? Beats me.Brian Mattickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07207831120680627468noreply@blogger.com