Officials Won't Rule Out Permanent Closure of DAM
By Rita Skeeter, Senior Correspondent
Officials from the Department of Mysteries have refused once again to rule out re-opening the notorious Dark Arts Museum. The Museum, which has been closed since the bombings and declaration of open war by You-Know-Who, has been the center of controversy since it opened two years ago.
"I can't imagine re-opening that house of horrors under any circumstance," stated Ingrid Tillwindle, standing near the half-erect ruins during a recent shopping trip. "I wish they would hurry up investigating or whatever they're doing and tear it down already. Put something useful there."
Officials have refused to confirm rumors that followers of You-Know-Who may have stolen Dark artifacts from the Museum on the night of the attack.
"We're simply trying to catalogue and recover what we can from the building," said a Department of Mysteries official who refused to be named. "The Museum collection will be in DoM custody for the foreseeable future."
Dear readers, one must ask at the hesitance of our officials to declare unequivocally that the Museum will remain closed. Surely this attack and possible theft proves true the fears that many upstanding witches and wizards voiced when the Museum opened. Artifacts of this nature cannot be securely housed and displayed to the public. Exposure to them does nothing but expose our vulnerable children to Dark ideas. Surely the stores of the Dark Arts Museum should be destroyed in the safest way possible and the building thoroughly decontaminated and torn down. Ministry officials might take a suggestion from Mrs. Tilwindle and put in "a nice meat market or apothecary, something that would contribute to the neighborhood instead of pulling it down."
Officials from the Department of Mysteries have refused once again to rule out re-opening the notorious Dark Arts Museum. The Museum, which has been closed since the bombings and declaration of open war by You-Know-Who, has been the center of controversy since it opened two years ago.
"I can't imagine re-opening that house of horrors under any circumstance," stated Ingrid Tillwindle, standing near the half-erect ruins during a recent shopping trip. "I wish they would hurry up investigating or whatever they're doing and tear it down already. Put something useful there."
Officials have refused to confirm rumors that followers of You-Know-Who may have stolen Dark artifacts from the Museum on the night of the attack.
"We're simply trying to catalogue and recover what we can from the building," said a Department of Mysteries official who refused to be named. "The Museum collection will be in DoM custody for the foreseeable future."
Dear readers, one must ask at the hesitance of our officials to declare unequivocally that the Museum will remain closed. Surely this attack and possible theft proves true the fears that many upstanding witches and wizards voiced when the Museum opened. Artifacts of this nature cannot be securely housed and displayed to the public. Exposure to them does nothing but expose our vulnerable children to Dark ideas. Surely the stores of the Dark Arts Museum should be destroyed in the safest way possible and the building thoroughly decontaminated and torn down. Ministry officials might take a suggestion from Mrs. Tilwindle and put in "a nice meat market or apothecary, something that would contribute to the neighborhood instead of pulling it down."