The New Ashmolean

Nov 07, 2009 18:12

So. As you may/may not know, the great, grand Father of Museums, the Asmolean, which lounges majestically on the edge of Oxford's heart, recently had a makeover ( Read more... )

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droolfangrrl November 7 2009, 22:14:08 UTC
Yeah I saw that being covered on BBC America last night. I kind of wanted to smack both the news person and the museum person over the head. The news guy was like making a fuss about all the money that went into it 'in this time of economic crisis' or some such. And the museum person kind of fumbled it a bit and talked about making the collection more accessible. It's like money that goes into space you fools!

It's not like it get shot into the space or locked away in a vault somewhere! IT PAYS FOR PEOPLE TO DO WORK.

*deep breath*

Thanks for listening.

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droolfangrrl November 7 2009, 22:31:11 UTC
oh bother

meant to say "It's NOT like money that goes into space you fools!"

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