[Rockhounds] The Vaux collection at the Academy of Science in Phily

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

DonH wrote:
> 
> Jim Daly wrote:
> 
> > There's the crux of the matter. The Academy should never have accepted a bequest with such a restrictive stipulation.
> 
> Such things were common in older days, when museums were building their
> holdings and also when they considered themselves repositories of
> knowledge rather than centers of entertainment and make-believe Jurassic
> park dinosaurs.  The idea of something being "in perpetuity," of being
> enduring for generations, was a noble one.  


Radio and TV, pushing entertainment to 'importance', has affected
rockhounding, as well as museums.

Kreigh