I talked to Mindy, the curator of the Fort Monmouth museum. She said everything they had at the museum and in storage was boxed up. As far as she knows, they are all still in boxes being stored someplace. Sadly, I expect eventually they will just be trashed without even opening the boxes. The library is also in boxes. I recall about 15 or more years ago some environmental agency with hazmat suits came to the museum and storage areas. Anything that showed the slightest trace of radium was trashed (well put in a big hole someplace). The beautiful early items that were disposed of almost made me cry. 73 – Mike
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My experiences mirror those who have commented. I have given "valuable" items to two aviation museums. In both cases, the donation was to replace current examples exhibited in poor condition to those in excellent condition. One privately run museum actually used what was deeded to them. The other, a DoD funded entity, did not. I no longer consider donations a viable end-use for any of my stuff. The only eENTITY know of that appears to manage assets properly is the Air and Space Museum and annex in DC.
Jeep K3HVG