tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9842560.post112274424448112358..comments2023-10-20T03:15:50.868-10:00Comments on Blogospherical Ruminations: Does the Milwaukee Public Museum deserve our support?TTBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14116325672374991351noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9842560.post-1126129727801715272005-09-07T11:48:00.000-10:002005-09-07T11:48:00.000-10:00Tom:Please submit the entire article to the Journa...Tom:<BR/>Please submit the entire article to the Journal-Sentiel for OP-ed page publication. No Cuts.<BR/><BR/>Robert M Lehmkuhl<BR/>Co-Sponsor of MPM ProgramsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9842560.post-1123034724049189412005-08-02T16:05:00.000-10:002005-08-02T16:05:00.000-10:00That's true: MPM did have some excellent ppl, as i...That's true: MPM did have some excellent ppl, as it still does. Some have either left of their own accord and not been replaced or more recently have been dumped on short notice.<BR/><BR/>As I see it, part of the problem is less that MPM has never had experts in a given area as that they have refused to make a commitment to any given area, and then used that commitment to guide hiring and collections over the long term.<BR/><BR/>As new directors/CEOs have come along, each has brought personal enthusiasms which sent the museum off on some new course. Those new courses were not necessarily bad in themselves, but were a part of the lack of disciplined direction which is the fault of the board.<BR/><BR/>MPM simply does not have the resources to have multiple departments which are each excellent in multiple areas. That simply is the financial reality and quite unlikely to change.<BR/><BR/>Given that, wouldn't it be better to choose an area for long-term pursuit of excellence and stop pretending with the others? Doing so would free significant resources which could be used for improvement.<BR/><BR/>I suspect that there are any number of areas which might appropriately be chosen: there is no single right one. My point is that MPM ought to choose one of them for each department and stop frittering away resources on the others. Be excellent at something!TTBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14116325672374991351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9842560.post-1123031163801183712005-08-02T15:06:00.000-10:002005-08-02T15:06:00.000-10:00Hey tom,you might have added that mpm used to have...Hey tom,<BR/><BR/>you might have added that mpm used to have experts in some of these areas but decided they were expendable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com