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So his laundry list would be worthwhile exhibiting?
Gabriel
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Subject: Re: [EXLIBRIS-L] original materials v. facsimile exhibits
Again, I repeat - this is not about if a replica should be shown, but if it
should be pointed out before charging.
I suspect many of Einstein's papers would be incomprehensible to me. I
don't speak/read German, and I don't read/speak higher math - even if it is
in English. Thus, intellectual content to me is nil. It is the experience
of seeing pages he wrote.
If I paid to see an exhibit of Einstein's materials, it would be because I
wanted to see the real items. If the publicity never said they were
replicas, then I've been cheated out of my money.
Facsimiles and replicas can be very useful. They can be used where
originals will never be. But TELL ME before I pay to see them.
Edward Hoyenski
Assistant Curator
Rare Book & Texana Collections
University of North Texas Libraries
ehoyensk@library.unt.edu
940-565-2769
940-565-2599
P.O. Box 305190
Denton, TX 76203
>>> Gabriel Austin <gabrielaustin@EARTHLINK.NET> 5/21/2007 1:13 PM >>>
Payment is the measure? Rather than intellectual content?
There could very well be an excellent exhibition of facsimiles [fakes?] of
Einstein's notebooks [including pages in the interior] showing the
development of his ideas over the years, rather than chiefly some of the
original paper and ink on which they were written.
Gabriel Austin
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Subject: Re: [EXLIBRIS-L] original materials v. facsimile exhibits
Eric said:
My point was: of course there are viable and advantageous way to manage
educational exhibits with facsimiles. But the exhibitors should bend
over backwards to make the distinction (for instance) between Einstein's
notebooks and facsimiles of them crystal clear before the tickets are
bought.
I'm with him. If I'm going to PAY to see something, I want to know up
front if I'm paying to see the real thing, or a replica. This isn't a
question of if replicas can be shown, or if they are better to show, but if
you should be showing them to a paying audience without telling them before
they plunk down their money.
I love visiting museum - I'll gladly pay fees to help support them. But I
won't pay to see fakes, unless I know it and want to see fakes that much.
My 2 cents.
Edward
Edward Hoyenski
Assistant Curator
Rare Book & Texana Collections
University of North Texas Libraries
ehoyensk@library.unt.edu
940-565-2769
940-565-2599
P.O. Box 305190
Denton, TX 76203