Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/28

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Subject: Museum terminology, was: Re: [Leica] Silver gelatin and crayon resist
From: Doug Herr <Telyt@compuserve.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 20:37:18 -0500

Mike D wrote:
>>>
The term that museum curators use that really drives me nuts, and I work
for
a museum, is "object".  It's what they call anything they collect.  "This
object, from the mid 17th century exhibits qualities of ..."  You get the
drift. 
<<<

Part of the problem may be that some things museums collect are beyond
rational description.

Doug Herr
Sacramento
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt