http://historycoalition.org/2009/12/23/national-archives-history-museum-or-records-access-agency/ Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:52:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://historycoalition.org/2009/12/23/national-archives-history-museum-or-records-access-agency/comment-page-1/#comment-5038 William Hosley Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:23:12 +0000 http://historycoalition.org/?p=2410#comment-5038 The National Archives should get out of the museum business and concentrate on it's core mission. Washington is awash in museums that are among the only museums in America that are largely tax-payer subsidized. This might not occur to folks in DC, but half our nation's cultural patrimony - art, arifacts and archives - are held by small organizations all across the country; many at risk. There are almost no programs - state or national - designed to support or enable these organizations. THAT is where taxpayer support should be directed, not at enlarging the already vast array of cultural attractions in DC. If it's important that students see the Declaration of Independence and related docs - put them on loan somewhere else The National Archives should get out of the museum business and concentrate on it’s core mission. Washington is awash in museums that are among the only museums in America that are largely tax-payer subsidized. This might not occur to folks in DC, but half our nation’s cultural patrimony – art, arifacts and archives – are held by small organizations all across the country; many at risk. There are almost no programs – state or national – designed to support or enable these organizations. THAT is where taxpayer support should be directed, not at enlarging the already vast array of cultural attractions in DC. If it’s important that students see the Declaration of Independence and related docs – put them on loan somewhere else

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