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Author:  Chris Webster [ Sun Oct 21, 2012 10:47 am ]
Post subject:  Rail City Historical Museum Closing (10/21/2012 Article)

The Syracuse Post Standard has posted a Sunday, October 21, 2012, article about the closing of the Rail City Historical Museum, "a museum of a museum" about Rail City, the first steam-operating railroad museum in the United States.

Here's the link to the article:
Syracuse.com: Oswego County's Rail City, once a museum to steam-operated railroading, is a shadow of itself

Author:  Dennis Storzek [ Mon Oct 22, 2012 1:52 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Rail City Historical Museum Closing (10/21/2012 Article)

This article reads like a sequel to the story of the Liberace Museum in Las Vegas, although it's actually a prequel. Point is, if we don't tell a story, have a narrative that interests the public, and captures their imagination, we are all headed for this same end.

Author:  p51 [ Mon Oct 22, 2012 3:57 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Rail City Historical Museum Closing (10/21/2012 Article)

So can I assume in a few years we'll hear of the "Rail City Historical Museum" Museum?
Like Dennis already well posted, if your museum draws the overwhelming public cry of, "who cares?", you're doomed. Frankly, I thought the idea of a museum dedicated to a defunct museum was, by definition, a downright silly idea.

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