[Leica] Camera in museums

[Herbert & Lee Kanner <kanner@acm.org>]

...and here is what happened to me in the Queen Sophia Museum of 
Modern Art in Madrid:

First I had to put my camera through an x-ray machine, noting a sign 
on top of it claiming that it was the most modern machine in 
existence and could not possibly hurt film.  Then, as I headed toward 
the exhibits, a guard started screaming at me.  It seems that they 
wanted me to check my camera in the cloak room; I guess the x-ray was 
to prevent my blowing up the cloakroom.

Interestingly, in the famous Prado museum, there was no objection to 
my taking pictures, but I had to check my backpack.

Herb

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Original message, in part:

That said, one of my biggest gripes are museums with inconsistent
policies on checking bags. I got thrown out of the Amon Carter Museum
because I wouldn't check my (J803) bag. There were women with larger
purses walking around that didn't have to check them.
The inconsistency is maddening.
Thanks for listening to my venting.
John Fulton

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Herbert Kanner
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