The Ford Barn

Tom Wesenberg · 05-21-2013, 11:42 AM

The day before I was at the Gilmore museum for the Model A grand opening, I heard a comment that someone thought that museums were a bad thing because they simply hoard cars and keep them out of people's hands. Thus they had no interest in donating to the museum.

I'd never heard a comment like this before, and I couldn't disagree more with their thinking. Museums are a great place to preserve history and make cars available for ALL to see. Most of the wonderful cars on display at the Gilmore would probably be under lock and key and never driven, if in private hands. Actually many of the cars on display are owned by private individuals and are proudly on display for all to see and enjoy.

If Henry Ford hadn't built his wonderful museum I'd guess most of the things on display would have been turned to scrap and made into some modern junk, not worth looking at.

Anyway, I don't suppose what I say will change minds, but I think museums are great and I want to include the Gilmore in my will.

05-21-2013, 11:42 AM	#1
Tom Wesenberg Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mpls, MN Posts: 27,582	Museums, Good or Bad? The day before I was at the Gilmore museum for the Model A grand opening, I heard a comment that someone thought that museums were a bad thing because they simply hoard cars and keep them out of people's hands. Thus they had no interest in donating to the museum. I'd never heard a comment like this before, and I couldn't disagree more with their thinking. Museums are a great place to preserve history and make cars available for ALL to see. Most of the wonderful cars on display at the Gilmore would probably be under lock and key and never driven, if in private hands. Actually many of the cars on display are owned by private individuals and are proudly on display for all to see and enjoy. If Henry Ford hadn't built his wonderful museum I'd guess most of the things on display would have been turned to scrap and made into some modern junk, not worth looking at. Anyway, I don't suppose what I say will change minds, but I think museums are great and I want to include the Gilmore in my will.