While the positive statement referring to " ... policies vis a vis the
acquisition and display of their collections ... " as " ... models for
museums ... everywhere," may be read as being distinct from the overall
project management, I would note that one cannot have picked up a major
Canadian newspaper in the past week and avoided an article or two dealing
with the turmoil surrounding the Smithsonian and the original architect,
Douglas Cardinal. The latter being fired and describing the final work as
an "artistic forgery."
"WASHINGTON - ... Museum director Richard West, who spent hours giving
interviews yesterday, refused to take questions from CanWest News Service
when he learned they concerned Mr. Cardinal."
-- National Post, 16 September 2004, A10
Michael May
Humanities and Social Sciences Library
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alta., Canada, T6J 0M8
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From: Joan Benedetti [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 1:51 PM
Subject: National Museum of the American Indian Historic Opening
Dear Colleagues:
Tuesday morning, September 21, almost 500 tribal groups from North, Central,
and South America will form a historic procession on the Mall in Washington,
D.C., walking a mile from "The Castle" (the old Smithsonian building)
eastward to the new National Museum of the American Indian, just below the
Capitol building. The designers of the building (inside and out) and the
gardens, as well as most of the professional and other staff are Native
Americans and their policies vis a vis the acquisition and display of their
collections are (in my opinion) models for museums everywhere. Their
wonderful website has just posted a webcam for the procession that will be
operating live on Tuesday morning (8-12 noon EST). Check it out at
www.americanindian.si.edu.
Joan Benedetti
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