Following the hostile takeover and abrupt closure and destruction of the Arizona
Mining and Mineral Museum, many have wondered where the Arizona mineral
collection is. They cannot be comforted by recent developments.
The AHS recently published a three page Annual Report. It
contains two letters, a membership list, and two small financial pie charts.
The letter from the Director contains the following paragraph.
Less controversial, but equally appealing,are traveling displays of Arizona’s geologicpast, mining history, and significant mineralcollections, as well as components of thecentennial “100 Years ~ 100 Quilts” exhibit,both of which have reached communitiesin all corners of the state.
So, apparently the answer is that the mineral collection is
being scattered across the state. This, combined with finding of recent Auditor
General reports, is worrisome. As
reported in the 9/13/2003 blog post and on page 29 of the Performance Review
cited in the 10/11/13 blog post, the AHS has inventory control issues. Some
collections have not been audited for over 14 years.
Reference:
Arizona Historical Society 2013 Annual Report http://www.arizonahistoricalsociety.org/2013annualreport/
The Arizona Historical Society is supposed to open up a Mineral exhibit in 2014 according to their website. So they steal the collection of a successful museum, were supposed to ,open a Centennial Museum, excuse me, a 5 "C"'s Museum...excuse me as Arizona Adventure Museum...and now they will open up a Mineral exhibit at their Papago park facility. Where does this make sense??
ReplyDeleteI guess they are now an Arizona History/Mineral Museum?! What's next dinosaurs? Did Ann Woosley plan this or did she follow orders from the Governor? And what is supposed to happen to the old Mineral Museum building?? Use it for storage for archives?? What a pathetic waste and arrogance!