[meteorite-list] Park Forest Meteorite Heading For Field Museum
From: Adam Hupe <adamhupe_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:10:09 2004 Message-ID: <001201c30609$6eab53a0$b4dbe60c_at_attbi.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C305CE.C1A4A2E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable G'day Jeff, Hello List, Yes, very nice. The Peekskill car is privately owned and has toured the = world. More people have seen this car than if it had been locked up in = a single museum. It has also been loaned out to museums where it drew = nice crowds. As far as Park Forest impact sites go, we will have a bedroom complete = with all impacted items professionally built into an interpretive = display ready in time for Tucson. This way more people interested in = meteorites will have an opportunity to see what an impact site looks = like, up close and personal. We are working on two other less = substantial displays for the show as well. When we are done taking this = material on the road we will consider donating it to a museum, hopefully = not to be delegated to a dusty back room.=20 All the best, Adam and Greg Hupe, IMCA 2185 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Jeff Kuyken=20 To: Meteorite List=20 Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 1:49 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Park Forest Meteorite Heading For Field = Museum G'day List, =20 From this article... =20 "The Field Museum in Chicago will pay $10 per gram for the piece." =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 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. =20 My $10/g, =20 Jeff Kuyken I.M.C.A. #3085 www.meteoritesaustralia.com =20 =20 ----- 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_000F_01C305CE.C1A4A2E0 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 content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>G'day Jeff, Hello List,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Yes, very nice. The Peekskill car = is=20 privately owned and has toured the world. More people have seen = this car=20 than if it had been locked up in a single museum. It has also been = loaned=20 out to museums where it drew nice crowds.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>As far as </FONT><FONT = face=3DArial size=3D2>Park=20 Forest impact sites go, we will have a bedroom complete with all = impacted items=20 professionally built into an interpretive display ready in time for=20 Tucson. This way more people interested in meteorites will = have an=20 opportunity to see what an impact site looks like, up close and = personal. =20 We are working on two other less substantial displays for the show as=20 well. When we are done taking this material on the road we will = consider=20 donating it to a museum, hopefully not to be delegated to a dusty=20 back room. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>All the best,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Adam and Greg Hupe,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>IMCA 2185</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A href=3D"mailto:jeff_at_meteoritesaustralia.com"=20 title=3Djeff_at_meteoritesaustralia.com>Jeff Kuyken</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 href=3D"mailto:meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com"=20 title=3Dmeteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>Meteorite List</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 18, 2003 = 1:49=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [meteorite-list] = Park Forest=20 Meteorite Heading For Field Museum</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <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=20 the piece."</EM></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2><EM>"The village could have sold the meteorite for = more=20 money, Muchnik said, but other potential buyers would not have used it = for=20 public 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=20 what I've personally learnt about meteorites, is not through = museums, but=20 through the "other potential buyers" who are the people that = make up=20 this list, 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>>=20 </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=20 Enigk <BR>> The Star (Chicago, Illinois)<BR>> April 17, = 2003<BR>>=20 <BR>> Park Forest trustees chose education over profit this = week.<BR>>=20 <BR>> They voted unanimously Monday to sell a meteorite that = crashed=20 through the<BR>> village fire department last month to a museum = despite=20 higher bids from<BR>> collectors.<BR>> <BR>> The Field Museum = in=20 Chicago will pay $10 per gram for the piece. The space<BR>> junk = weighs 1.2=20 pounds, meaning the village will make approximately $5,448,<BR>> = village=20 manager Janet Muchnik said.<BR>> <BR>> The Field Museum will = share the=20 piece with other museums, including the<BR>> Adler Planetarium, = Planetary=20 Studies Foundation, American Museum of<BR>> Natural History and the = Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Muchnik<BR>> said.<BR>> = <BR>>=20 The board approved the sale after an agreement was made allowing the=20 village<BR>> to house the meteorite for one month each year. = <BR>>=20 <BR>> Trustees said they chose to sell the piece because of = preservation=20 issues.<BR>> <BR>> "Keeping track of the conditions of display = and=20 scientific use of these<BR>> meteorites ... is a nontrivial = endeavor that=20 we are fully equipped to handle but<BR>> which would be difficult = for the=20 village management to take responsibility for in<BR>> the long = term,"=20 Meenakshi Wadhwa, curator of meteorites at the Field<BR>> Museum,=20 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=20 other month for display and educational<BR>> purposes.<BR>> = <BR>> The=20 village could have sold the meteorite for more money, Muchnik said,=20 but<BR>> other potential buyers would not have used it for public=20 education.<BR>> <BR>> "I do not believe that price is the key=20 determinant for the board of trustees,"<BR>> she said.<BR>> = <BR>>=20 Steven Simon, a senior research associate at the University of Chicago = and=20 a<BR>> Park Forest resident, said the Field Museum would keep the = meteorite=20 intact<BR>> and be sure to display it with geographical information = about=20 the village.<BR>> <BR>> "It's a world-class museum. It's had a=20 world-class collection of meteorites for<BR>> over 100 years," he=20 said.<BR>> <BR>> "The primary mission of museums is to preserve=20 artifacts and to maximize<BR>> their educational and scientific = potential,"=20 Wadhwa said.<BR>> <BR>> Simon said the piece will officially be=20 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></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C305CE.C1A4A2E0-- Received on Fri 18 Apr 2003 08:20:06 PM PDT |
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