An article archived by the Mineralogical Record shows a tombstone style life span for the mineral museum as (1953 - ). The article further explains that the museum actually started as a display at the Territorial Fair in 1884, but was not open year round until 1953.
Will a death
date of 2011* eventually be chiseled into stone and mark the final demise of
the mineral museum? If the Arizona
Historical Society succeeds with their current misguided plan to convert the
building into an “event center”, it will.
Or, will the
people (especially students, parents, and teachers) and the legislature manage
to rein in the rogue AHS and restore the mineral museum and its K-12 earth science
education programs?
What does
Arizona think is more important?
History and
education, or another state supported cocktail party venue** for a small group
of self-appointed elite individuals?
*Year the AHS slammed the doors on students arriving on school buses and changed the locks.
**The AHS already has one at the Marley Center Museum (AHS
History Museum at Papago Park) in Tempe
Reference:
Arizona
Mineral & Mining Museum
(1953 - )
(1953 - )
The Mineralogical
Record
Bibliographer
Archive
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