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Spanish-Sith t1_j5szait wrote

Reply to comment by Crusty_Shart in A firefighter's 1943 photos of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising have been found by Geek-Haven888

Is that really that crazy?

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NotSoIntelligentAnt t1_j5t5ss0 wrote

With the advent of the Internet yes. History should not be reserved for the wealthy that can pay for the trip

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JJMcGee83 t1_j5vtjzw wrote

To add to this what if something happens to the museum and their only copy the the photos? They go back to being lost forever.

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Spanish-Sith t1_j5tar6u wrote

So museums should just give everything away for free? Who pays curators, restorators etc.? Ads from the internet?

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Incorrect_Oymoron t1_j5ths8s wrote

>So museums should just give everything away for free

He's not asking for the negatives. He just wants to see a picture of it.

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Mattidh1 t1_j5tdq6t wrote

The public, most museums are publicly supported. History and knowledge (to an extent) should not be reserved for the wealthy and privileged.

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LogicalConstant t1_j5z5yln wrote

Bingo. If public money is spent on something, the public has an interest in it.

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lumoruk t1_j5w33u8 wrote

I think most Museums in the UK are free to visit, well the good ones.

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dangercat415 t1_j5tlug0 wrote

Museums shouldn't take donations then and pretend to be charities if they are about profit maximization.

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Bob_Majerle t1_j5td491 wrote

Sounds like something the people who run the museum should figure out. Making an effort to keep up with the times is any business’s responsibility

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nightraindream t1_j5urqum wrote

Hard disagree, it shouldn't be a business at all, museums should be public services and funded as such. It is in humanity's interest to make sure we don't forget the past.

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