[meteorite-list] Park Forest Meteorite Heading For Field Museum

From: Jeff Kuyken <jeff_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:10:09 2004
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G'day List,

>From this article...

"The Field Museum in Chicago will pay $10 per gram for the piece."

"The village could have sold the meteorite for more money, Muchnik said, =
but other potential buyers would not have used it for public education."

It begs the question; will people learn more if the museums get all =
these sort of pieces? Or are they destined for a dusty cardboard box in =
a few years? I know that most of what I've personally learnt about =
meteorites, is not through museums, but through the "other potential =
buyers" who are the people that make up this list, websites, groups, =
etc, etc.

My $10/g,

Jeff Kuyken
I.M.C.A. #3085
www.meteoritesaustralia.com



----- Original Message -----=20
From: "Ron Baalke" <baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>
To: "Meteorite Mailing List" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 1:49 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Park Forest Meteorite Heading For Field Museum


>=20
>=20
> http://www.starnewspapers.com/star/spnews/news/17-sp9.htm
>=20
> Meteorite heading for Field Museum=20
> By Erika Enigk=20
> The Star (Chicago, Illinois)
> April 17, 2003
>=20
> Park Forest trustees chose education over profit this week.
>=20
> They voted unanimously Monday to sell a meteorite that crashed through =
the
> village fire department last month to a museum despite higher bids =
from
> collectors.
>=20
> The Field Museum in Chicago will pay $10 per gram for the piece. The =
space
> junk weighs 1.2 pounds, meaning the village will make approximately =
$5,448,
> village manager Janet Muchnik said.
>=20
> The Field Museum will share the piece with other museums, including =
the
> Adler Planetarium, Planetary Studies Foundation, American Museum of
> Natural History and the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Muchnik
> said.
>=20
> The board approved the sale after an agreement was made allowing the =
village
> to house the meteorite for one month each year.=20
>=20
> Trustees said they chose to sell the piece because of preservation =
issues.
>=20
> "Keeping track of the conditions of display and scientific use of =
these
> meteorites ... is a nontrivial endeavor that we are fully equipped to =
handle but
> which would be difficult for the village management to take =
responsibility for in
> the long term," Meenakshi Wadhwa, curator of meteorites at the Field
> Museum, said.
>=20
> "This is a very dense rock. We could keep it as a symbol of the =
board," village
> President John Ostenburg said jokingly.
>=20
> The museum will have the piece 11 months per year under the sale =
agreement,
> Muchnik said. Museum officials will issue a side letter which says the =
village
> will keep the meteorite for the other month for display and =
educational
> purposes.
>=20
> The village could have sold the meteorite for more money, Muchnik =
said, but
> other potential buyers would not have used it for public education.
>=20
> "I do not believe that price is the key determinant for the board of =
trustees,"
> she said.
>=20
> Steven Simon, a senior research associate at the University of Chicago =
and a
> Park Forest resident, said the Field Museum would keep the meteorite =
intact
> and be sure to display it with geographical information about the =
village.
>=20
> "It's a world-class museum. It's had a world-class collection of =
meteorites for
> over 100 years," he said.
>=20
> "The primary mission of museums is to preserve artifacts and to =
maximize
> their educational and scientific potential," Wadhwa said.
>=20
> Simon said the piece will officially be displayed as the Park Forest =
Meteorite.
>=20
> Erika Enigk may be reached at (708) 802-8847 or via e-mail at
> eenigk_at_starnewspapers.com
>=20
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>G'day List,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>From this article...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><EM>"The Field Museum in Chicago will pay $10 per =
gram for the=20
piece."</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><EM>"The village could have sold the meteorite for =
more money,=20
Muchnik said, but other potential buyers would not have used it for =
public=20
education."</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>It begs the question; will people learn more if the =
museums=20
get all these sort of&nbsp;pieces? Or are they destined for a=20
dusty&nbsp;cardboard box in a few years? I know that&nbsp;most of =
what&nbsp;I've=20
personally learnt about meteorites, is not through museums, but through =
the=20
"other potential buyers" who are&nbsp;the&nbsp;people that make up this =
list,=20
websites, groups, etc, etc.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>My $10/g,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Jeff Kuyken<BR>I.M.C.A. #3085<BR><A=20
href=3D"http://www.meteoritesaustralia.com">www.meteoritesaustralia.com</=
A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>From: "Ron Baalke" &lt;</FONT><A=20
href=3D"mailto:baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov"><FONT=20
size=3D2>baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov</FONT></A><FONT =
size=3D2>&gt;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>To: "Meteorite Mailing List" &lt;</FONT><A=20
href=3D"mailto:meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com"><FONT=20
size=3D2>meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com</FONT></A><FONT=20
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 1:49 AM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Subject: [meteorite-list] Park Forest Meteorite =
Heading For=20
Field Museum</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT size=3D2>&gt; <BR>&gt; =
<BR>&gt; </FONT><A=20
href=3D"http://www.starnewspapers.com/star/spnews/news/17-sp9.htm"><FONT =

size=3D2>http://www.starnewspapers.com/star/spnews/news/17-sp9.htm</FONT>=
</A><BR><FONT=20
size=3D2>&gt; <BR>&gt; Meteorite heading for Field Museum <BR>&gt; By =
Erika Enigk=20
<BR>&gt; The Star (Chicago, Illinois)<BR>&gt; April 17, 2003<BR>&gt; =
<BR>&gt;=20
Park Forest trustees chose education over profit this week.<BR>&gt; =
<BR>&gt;=20
They voted unanimously Monday to sell a meteorite that crashed through=20
the<BR>&gt; village fire department last month to a museum despite =
higher bids=20
from<BR>&gt; collectors.<BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; The Field Museum in Chicago =
will pay=20
$10 per gram for the piece. The space<BR>&gt; junk weighs 1.2 pounds, =
meaning=20
the village will make approximately $5,448,<BR>&gt; village manager =
Janet=20
Muchnik said.<BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; The Field Museum will share the piece =
with other=20
museums, including the<BR>&gt; Adler Planetarium, Planetary Studies =
Foundation,=20
American Museum of<BR>&gt; Natural History and the Smithsonian Museum of =
Natural=20
History, Muchnik<BR>&gt; said.<BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; The board approved the =
sale=20
after an agreement was made allowing the village<BR>&gt; to house the =
meteorite=20
for one month each year. <BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; Trustees said they chose to =
sell the=20
piece because of preservation issues.<BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; "Keeping track of =
the=20
conditions of display and scientific use of these<BR>&gt; meteorites ... =
is a=20
nontrivial endeavor that we are fully equipped to handle but<BR>&gt; =
which would=20
be difficult for the village management to take responsibility for =
in<BR>&gt;=20
the long term," Meenakshi Wadhwa, curator of meteorites at the =
Field<BR>&gt;=20
Museum, said.<BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; "This is a very dense rock. We could keep =
it as a=20
symbol of the board," village<BR>&gt; President John Ostenburg said=20
jokingly.<BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; The museum will have the piece 11 months per =
year=20
under the sale agreement,<BR>&gt; Muchnik said. Museum officials will =
issue a=20
side letter which says the village<BR>&gt; will keep the meteorite for =
the other=20
month for display and educational<BR>&gt; purposes.<BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; The =
village=20
could have sold the meteorite for more money, Muchnik said, but<BR>&gt; =
other=20
potential buyers would not have used it for public education.<BR>&gt; =
<BR>&gt;=20
"I do not believe that price is the key determinant for the board of=20
trustees,"<BR>&gt; she said.<BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; Steven Simon, a senior =
research=20
associate at the University of Chicago and a<BR>&gt; Park Forest =
resident, said=20
the Field Museum would keep the meteorite intact<BR>&gt; and be sure to =
display=20
it with geographical information about the village.<BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; =
"It's a=20
world-class museum. It's had a world-class collection of meteorites =
for<BR>&gt;=20
over 100 years," he said.<BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; "The primary mission of =
museums is to=20
preserve artifacts and to maximize<BR>&gt; their educational and =
scientific=20
potential," Wadhwa said.<BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; Simon said the piece will =
officially=20
be displayed as the Park Forest Meteorite.<BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; Erika Enigk =
may be=20
reached at (708) 802-8847 or via e-mail at<BR>&gt; </FONT><A=20
href=3D"mailto:eenigk_at_starnewspapers.com"><FONT=20
size=3D2>eenigk_at_starnewspapers.com</FONT></A><BR><FONT size=3D2>&gt; =
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