It Belongs in a Museum! Or, "Ian Offends Curators"
Q&A (Standalone)
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15m
Have museums fundamentally changed since the advent of the internet? Does this impact decisions about whether artifacts like firearms are best held in museums versus private collections for the sake of study and understanding? How do creeping deactivation standards irreparably harm the community, and would any museum curator even consider deliberately destroying any other sort of artifact in their care? This and more, in today's rambling discussion of guns and museums...
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