[meteorite-list] Denver Museum meteorite exhibit

From: Matt Morgan <mmorgan_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat Sep 11 11:51:22 2004
Message-ID: <002c01c49817$2b4b6e50$6400a8c0_at_D14191145L2K>

If ya'll wanna see some Colorado Meteorites, the Ft. Morgan Museum has
about 20 of them on display through January. Skip the Denver Museum, it
is pretty lame as far as space rocks go.
Matt Morgan

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[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces_at_meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Dan
Wray
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 3:47 PM
To: David Weir; Meteorite-list
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Denver Museum meteorite exhibit


Hello David,

  Don't get me started! Oops, too late, you already did. The meteorite
display that was at the museum disappeared during the remodeling which
included the new addition for the Space Odyssey wing. What came back
was a single meteorite in that new wing. The powers that be are
following a national movement that believes that what the public wants
is to be entertained, hence, interactive displays. Static displays are
boring and to get the public into the museum they must be entertained.
You will be seeing this trend all across the country as institutions
compete for the publics entertainment dollar. Due to this and other
political fighting and budget cuts the staff and volunteer ranks have
thinned considerably. The head of the space section resigned over
staffing cuts. The curator of paleontology left for a happier place in
Pennsylvania and the Geology, curator, Jack Murphy, who is near
retirement was cut to half time. The meteorite program centered around
Jack, who formed a meteorite posse that, using data from a network of
all sky cameras, has endeavored to track down falls. I have had hopes
that the meteorite exhibit would return in a much improved form, but at
this point with the current thinking and tight budgets I doubt that will
happen. Very sad for us meteorite collectors and the public also.

Looking forward to the Denver show and auction,
Dan Wray, COMETS

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Weir" <dgweir_at_earthlink.net>
To: "Meteorite-list" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 9:41 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Denver Museum meteorite exhibit


> Hey COMETs from Denver,
>
> I just heard from somebody who visited the Denver Museum yesterday
> that they have removed their nice meteorite exhibit, and put up a
> space thing for kids instead. What's up with that?!
>
> David
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