[Foundation-l] National Portrait Gallery

[David Gerard]

2009/7/18 Lars Aronsson <lars at aronsson.se>:

> Ah, but do governments really say this?  I think it's museum
> people who want to "play business" because business is glamorous
> and state-owned administration is dull and grey. I don't think
> governments originally came up with this idea.


I have been told this by Wikimedians who used to work in and with such
institutions. Governments told them to be "more businesslike", this
attracted the people you describe.


> Someone should do research and cite sources.  Wikipedia's article
> on museums, or the history of museums, should have a section about
> this annoying trend. I guess museum journals of the recent decades
> should have articles that can be cited as sources.


I wonder if anyone's written about this without being sued ...


- d.