[cctalk] Re: One of Paul Allen's Museums

[Alan Perry via cctalk]

> On Apr 25, 2023, at 06:03, Paul Koning via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> 
> wrote:
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>> On Apr 25, 2023, at 2:16 AM, Tom Hunter via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> 
>> wrote:
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>> Hopefully the LCM will be sold as a going concern rather than just a
>> firesale of the assets.
>> Otherwise a lot of donors and contributors would be rightfully upset - me
>> included.
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> I know of at least one donor who realized his mistake years ago, and wishes 
> he had lent his collection to the museum rather than donating it.  That's not 
> foolproof (a museum may not exercise due care) but at least you don't have to 
> worry about the museum, or some heir, deciding to trash the stuff.

Was lending ever an option with LCM? I loaned documents to an individual there 
but when I was donating items to the museum itself I was told that they didn’t 
do loaning of items.

alan