Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, based on the various responses I guess "object" pretty much fits for a generic term for the odd variety of things museums collect. At our place its mostly old stuff that I call antiques. I guess the real museum types gravitated to the term "object" so as not to place value judgements on what their colleagues collect. Kind of like "substance abuse" which is defined by what you do with it. Mike D - -----Original Message----- From: Doug Herr <Telyt@compuserve.com> To: INTERNET:leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Friday, January 28, 2000 9:21 PM Subject: Museum terminology, was: Re: [Leica] Silver gelatin and crayon resist >Mike D wrote: >>>> >The term that museum curators use that really drives me nuts, and I work >for >a museum, is "object". It's what they call anything they collect. "This >object, from the mid 17th century exhibits qualities of ..." You get the >drift. ><<< > >Part of the problem may be that some things museums collect are beyond >rational description. > >Doug Herr >Sacramento >http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt >