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RE: Museums: Afraid to Work Together?
How could history institutions collaborate as a system ... what’s to stop [orgs from ] storing their collections together, in the same physical space?
Excellent idea! And, as I remember it, I think it was in the late 1990s that the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts in Philly not only proposed but actually completed a business plan with partner institutions for just such a facility. The rise and (yes) fall of that plan is worthy of a deeper look to (one hopes) help explain the dynamics of this complicated and often conflicted field.
It's a shame that plan fell through. I have to wonder if it was primarily because of funding issues or a refusal to cooperate or some combination of both.