[meteorite-list] Park Forest Meteorite Heading For Field Museum
From: Jeff Kuyken <jeff_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:10:09 2004 Message-ID: <001501c30587$7a74e1b0$bdf436cb_at_mandin4f89ypwu> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C305DB.495A57A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable G'day List, >From this article... "The Field Museum in Chicago will pay $10 per gram for the piece." "The village could have sold the meteorite for more money, Muchnik said, = but other potential buyers would not have used it for public education." It begs the question; will people learn more if the museums get all = these sort of pieces? Or are they destined for a dusty cardboard box in = a few years? I know that most of what I've personally learnt about = meteorites, is not through museums, but through the "other potential = buyers" who are the people that make up this list, websites, groups, = etc, etc. My $10/g, Jeff Kuyken I.M.C.A. #3085 www.meteoritesaustralia.com ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Ron Baalke" <baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov> To: "Meteorite Mailing List" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 1:49 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Park Forest Meteorite Heading For Field Museum >=20 >=20 > http://www.starnewspapers.com/star/spnews/news/17-sp9.htm >=20 > Meteorite heading for Field Museum=20 > By Erika Enigk=20 > The Star (Chicago, Illinois) > April 17, 2003 >=20 > Park Forest trustees chose education over profit this week. >=20 > They voted unanimously Monday to sell a meteorite that crashed through = the > village fire department last month to a museum despite higher bids = from > collectors. >=20 > The Field Museum in Chicago will pay $10 per gram for the piece. The = space > junk weighs 1.2 pounds, meaning the village will make approximately = $5,448, > village manager Janet Muchnik said. >=20 > The Field Museum will share the piece with other museums, including = the > Adler Planetarium, Planetary Studies Foundation, American Museum of > Natural History and the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Muchnik > said. >=20 > The board approved the sale after an agreement was made allowing the = village > to house the meteorite for one month each year.=20 >=20 > Trustees said they chose to sell the piece because of preservation = issues. >=20 > "Keeping track of the conditions of display and scientific use of = these > meteorites ... is a nontrivial endeavor that we are fully equipped to = handle but > which would be difficult for the village management to take = responsibility for in > the long term," Meenakshi Wadhwa, curator of meteorites at the Field > Museum, said. >=20 > "This is a very dense rock. We could keep it as a symbol of the = board," village > President John Ostenburg said jokingly. >=20 > The museum will have the piece 11 months per year under the sale = agreement, > Muchnik said. Museum officials will issue a side letter which says the = village > will keep the meteorite for the other month for display and = educational > purposes. >=20 > The village could have sold the meteorite for more money, Muchnik = said, but > other potential buyers would not have used it for public education. >=20 > "I do not believe that price is the key determinant for the board of = trustees," > she said. >=20 > Steven Simon, a senior research associate at the University of Chicago = and a > Park Forest resident, said the Field Museum would keep the meteorite = intact > and be sure to display it with geographical information about the = village. >=20 > "It's a world-class museum. It's had a world-class collection of = meteorites for > over 100 years," he said. >=20 > "The primary mission of museums is to preserve artifacts and to = maximize > their educational and scientific potential," Wadhwa said. >=20 > Simon said the piece will officially be displayed as the Park Forest = Meteorite. >=20 > Erika Enigk may be reached at (708) 802-8847 or via e-mail at > eenigk_at_starnewspapers.com >=20 > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C305DB.495A57A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>G'day List,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>From this article...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2><EM>"The Field Museum in Chicago will pay $10 per = gram for the=20 piece."</EM></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2><EM>"The village could have sold the meteorite for = more money,=20 Muchnik said, but other potential buyers would not have used it for = public=20 education."</EM></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>It begs the question; will people learn more if the = museums=20 get all these sort of pieces? Or are they destined for a=20 dusty cardboard box in a few years? I know that most of = what I've=20 personally learnt about meteorites, is not through museums, but through = the=20 "other potential buyers" who are the people that make up this = list,=20 websites, groups, etc, etc.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>My $10/g,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Jeff Kuyken<BR>I.M.C.A. #3085<BR><A=20 href=3D"http://www.meteoritesaustralia.com">www.meteoritesaustralia.com</= A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>From: "Ron Baalke" <</FONT><A=20 href=3D"mailto:baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov"><FONT=20 size=3D2>baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov</FONT></A><FONT = size=3D2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>To: "Meteorite Mailing List" <</FONT><A=20 href=3D"mailto:meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com"><FONT=20 size=3D2>meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com</FONT></A><FONT=20 size=3D2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 1:49 AM</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Subject: [meteorite-list] Park Forest Meteorite = Heading For=20 Field Museum</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT size=3D2>> <BR>> = <BR>> </FONT><A=20 href=3D"http://www.starnewspapers.com/star/spnews/news/17-sp9.htm"><FONT = size=3D2>http://www.starnewspapers.com/star/spnews/news/17-sp9.htm</FONT>= </A><BR><FONT=20 size=3D2>> <BR>> Meteorite heading for Field Museum <BR>> By = Erika Enigk=20 <BR>> The Star (Chicago, Illinois)<BR>> April 17, 2003<BR>> = <BR>>=20 Park Forest trustees chose education over profit this week.<BR>> = <BR>>=20 They voted unanimously Monday to sell a meteorite that crashed through=20 the<BR>> village fire department last month to a museum despite = higher bids=20 from<BR>> collectors.<BR>> <BR>> The Field Museum in Chicago = will pay=20 $10 per gram for the piece. The space<BR>> junk weighs 1.2 pounds, = meaning=20 the village will make approximately $5,448,<BR>> village manager = Janet=20 Muchnik said.<BR>> <BR>> The Field Museum will share the piece = with other=20 museums, including the<BR>> Adler Planetarium, Planetary Studies = Foundation,=20 American Museum of<BR>> Natural History and the Smithsonian Museum of = Natural=20 History, Muchnik<BR>> said.<BR>> <BR>> The board approved the = sale=20 after an agreement was made allowing the village<BR>> to house the = meteorite=20 for one month each year. <BR>> <BR>> Trustees said they chose to = sell the=20 piece because of preservation issues.<BR>> <BR>> "Keeping track of = the=20 conditions of display and scientific use of these<BR>> meteorites ... = is a=20 nontrivial endeavor that we are fully equipped to handle but<BR>> = which would=20 be difficult for the village management to take responsibility for = in<BR>>=20 the long term," Meenakshi Wadhwa, curator of meteorites at the = Field<BR>>=20 Museum, said.<BR>> <BR>> "This is a very dense rock. We could keep = it as a=20 symbol of the board," village<BR>> President John Ostenburg said=20 jokingly.<BR>> <BR>> The museum will have the piece 11 months per = year=20 under the sale agreement,<BR>> Muchnik said. Museum officials will = issue a=20 side letter which says the village<BR>> will keep the meteorite for = the other=20 month for display and educational<BR>> purposes.<BR>> <BR>> The = village=20 could have sold the meteorite for more money, Muchnik said, but<BR>> = other=20 potential buyers would not have used it for public education.<BR>> = <BR>>=20 "I do not believe that price is the key determinant for the board of=20 trustees,"<BR>> she said.<BR>> <BR>> Steven Simon, a senior = research=20 associate at the University of Chicago and a<BR>> Park Forest = resident, said=20 the Field Museum would keep the meteorite intact<BR>> and be sure to = display=20 it with geographical information about the village.<BR>> <BR>> = "It's a=20 world-class museum. It's had a world-class collection of meteorites = for<BR>>=20 over 100 years," he said.<BR>> <BR>> "The primary mission of = museums is to=20 preserve artifacts and to maximize<BR>> their educational and = scientific=20 potential," Wadhwa said.<BR>> <BR>> Simon said the piece will = officially=20 be displayed as the Park Forest Meteorite.<BR>> <BR>> Erika Enigk = may be=20 reached at (708) 802-8847 or via e-mail at<BR>> </FONT><A=20 href=3D"mailto:eenigk_at_starnewspapers.com"><FONT=20 size=3D2>eenigk_at_starnewspapers.com</FONT></A><BR><FONT size=3D2>> = <BR>>=20 ______________________________________________<BR>> Meteorite-list = mailing=20 list<BR>> </FONT><A = href=3D"mailto:Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com"><FONT=20 size=3D2>Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com</FONT></A><BR><FONT = size=3D2>>=20 </FONT><A = href=3D"http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list"><FONT=20 size=3D2>http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list</FONT></= A><BR><FONT=20 size=3D2>> </FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C305DB.495A57A0-- Received on Fri 18 Apr 2003 04:49:48 AM PDT |
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