[PRCo] Re: museums (was Re: Re: M454)

[Dennis F. Cramer]

So all of that means we need to do a better job in telling the story. 
Transit did not exist in a vacuum and a museum without quality docents will 
wither and fall.  Interest in history is at an all time high, but we have to 
be realistic and not go into overload.

Education can be entertaining, but it takes talent and dedication.  We now 
live in an instant gratification world and maybe the museums that do not 
require an extensive time period will be the ones who prosper.

PTM is in a location to get runoff business from the new shopping mecca 
coming to the Meadows area.  The gamblers will come and go, but those 
shopping often come by bus and we should be prepared to market to them.

It is not just the content but the context of how one presents the material. 
We still have not identified a great source of docents.  Most of the members 
come to operate the big toys.  Admittedly, we are better at training them, 
but we still have to find a way to teach them to be teachers.


Dennis Fred Cramer
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