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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 3856455, member: 2844"]It is the story of fan museums and other small collections. I used to support a Dutch fan museum, but in the end private donations were not enough.</p><p>Some of the fans went to big museums, others were sold to the highest bidder. The location, a nice manor house, is now a wedding location and conference centre.</p><p>I expect some of the other small museums I support will go the same route.</p><p>A new approach to presentation and reaching the public sometimes helps. That costs money too, but more important is the flexibility of the organisations that own the museum.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here in the Netherlands, Amsterdam claims most of the available state finances for culture, because it is good for tourism. Tourism can be ok, but we don't rely on it for our economy. Meanwhile, many cultural venues outside Amsterdam are starving financially.</p><p>The sad irony is that Amsterdam complains it is getting too many tourists.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 3856455, member: 2844"]It is the story of fan museums and other small collections. I used to support a Dutch fan museum, but in the end private donations were not enough. Some of the fans went to big museums, others were sold to the highest bidder. The location, a nice manor house, is now a wedding location and conference centre. I expect some of the other small museums I support will go the same route. A new approach to presentation and reaching the public sometimes helps. That costs money too, but more important is the flexibility of the organisations that own the museum. Here in the Netherlands, Amsterdam claims most of the available state finances for culture, because it is good for tourism. Tourism can be ok, but we don't rely on it for our economy. Meanwhile, many cultural venues outside Amsterdam are starving financially. The sad irony is that Amsterdam complains it is getting too many tourists.:rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
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