[Milsurplus] Milsurplus Digest, Vol 169, Issue 79 Museums!

[Jeff Kruth]

Hi Guys!


Sadly, I learned first hand that museums run out of money and space so sell/trade your prized donations off for $5.00 or a 1/2 a cubic foot of space, because no one values it like you do. I gave a LOT of stuff to a (famous) museum near Baltimore MD that claimed they wanted it and would treasure it.  I later saw some of my kit being flogged for $1 / $2 at a fleamarket, so I bought it back because now I teach and use historical stuff. I looked around for things that I and friends I had solicited stuff from had donated. Almost all gone!!
 
I really do not have an answer as to what to do with it, but my approach right now is to nurture interest in some of my students who really seem to like stuff, not just want it to sell on eBay (hell, I can do that...). They get some stuff for carting it away. And if they are foolish enough to come back, they get some more!
 
My wife gets teary eyed when we talk of my inevitable "shrugging off of this mortal coil" (not loading coil), and says "What will I do with all this?"  My reply? "Hell, I wont care, I will be dead! Think of it as stacks of $5, $10, $20 etc bills and sell it off!"
 
The only that makes me a little blue is when I see stuff go to trash. Not sold cheap or given away, that's great if someone will treasure it. No, I just hate waste.  Years ago, I was given a big pile of stuff from an estate of a EE. In it where cigar boxes full of treasures, many with carefully hand drawn schematics, or little notes, or the specs from some now long lost data book meticulously written out long hand (I guess he didnt have a copier handy).  I took the stuff, treated it with respect and found homes for a lot of it. Maybe my stuff will get lucky like that.
My 2 cents, YMMV
 
BTW, Hi Mike, N4FS!
73
Jeff Kruth
 
 
In a message dated 5/26/2018 9:09:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, milsurplus-request at mailman.qth.net writes:

 
I agree with you 100% Ronnie. 73- Mike 




Mike B. Feher, N4FS

89 Arnold Blvd.

Howell NJ 07731

848-245-9115



From: arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net <arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Ronnie Hull
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I would not trust ANY museum as far as I could spit a ten pound lead weight 

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