Museums Alive
T a different level, the discussion on the role of museums today, between Dr Gilbert Archey, Dr Roger Duff and Crosbie Morrison (1YC) was also revealing. To. many people, the word "museum" suggests a dead collection of dead things. But this discussion made it plain that modern museums are very much alive, playing important parts in education, centres of vital research, and of information, and, in Dr Duff’s words, "the Universities of the man in the street." As Dr Archey pointed out, the new attitude to the museum had been largely created by the institution itself by its public relations and its educational work. The main point of difference in this mannerly, courteous exchange was between Mr Morrison with his stress on display and the two New Zealanders with their greater emphasis on research and education. It did appear that, in some things at least, New Zealand might pride itself on being ahead of Australia in the matter of public use of and interest in museums. But I wonder whether, if Auckland, for instance, had Melbourne’s attraction of Phar Lap, Auckland attendance figures might not be. even larger than they are.
J. C.
R.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 932, 21 June 1957, Page 21
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196Museums Alive New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 932, 21 June 1957, Page 21
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