by Retroboy
Hello,
I hope we are all enjoying our weekend. I would like to put it out there that today while reading the times I came across an article about Nassau museums. From Sands Point to Wantagh the county is having problems keeping them open. The article goes on mostly about the other museums, but talk’s briefly about the Wantagh Railroad museum. It states that it is only open 2 hours a week due to lack of help
Most of us railroad fans know it was created after the grade was raised and the station was moved. In addition to the station house the museum also boasts the only reminisce of a bygone era, the parlor car Jamaica.
I have visited the museum only once but saw it as an essential part of the railroad history of long island. Unfortunately, the article goes on to talk about the county giving up some of its collection. Although, it did not mention any museum in particular I just thought we should ponder the 'what if's?" if the county is trying to get rid of part of its collection, anyone think that it should be absorbed into one of the other groups.
I might be getting a little off topic but, it would seem to be the most logical to streamline the little groups and eventually have one group acting on the island. "United we stand, divided we fall” If the site were to be liquidated would the RMLI be interested in moving the car and/or station house to some where else. If moving it is not deemed practical, what about talking over the day to day operations of the museum. It seems that if the organization can’t stand on its own two feet (metaphorically speaking) then it should be helped.
This might not be a problem, because the article states that the county might acquire funds to pay for it. But I am only human and love to ponder the "what if's" of life. I hope every one find this as interesting as I do.
here is the link to the article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/31/nyreg ... imuse.html
I hope we are all enjoying our weekend. I would like to put it out there that today while reading the times I came across an article about Nassau museums. From Sands Point to Wantagh the county is having problems keeping them open. The article goes on mostly about the other museums, but talk’s briefly about the Wantagh Railroad museum. It states that it is only open 2 hours a week due to lack of help
Most of us railroad fans know it was created after the grade was raised and the station was moved. In addition to the station house the museum also boasts the only reminisce of a bygone era, the parlor car Jamaica.
I have visited the museum only once but saw it as an essential part of the railroad history of long island. Unfortunately, the article goes on to talk about the county giving up some of its collection. Although, it did not mention any museum in particular I just thought we should ponder the 'what if's?" if the county is trying to get rid of part of its collection, anyone think that it should be absorbed into one of the other groups.
I might be getting a little off topic but, it would seem to be the most logical to streamline the little groups and eventually have one group acting on the island. "United we stand, divided we fall” If the site were to be liquidated would the RMLI be interested in moving the car and/or station house to some where else. If moving it is not deemed practical, what about talking over the day to day operations of the museum. It seems that if the organization can’t stand on its own two feet (metaphorically speaking) then it should be helped.
This might not be a problem, because the article states that the county might acquire funds to pay for it. But I am only human and love to ponder the "what if's" of life. I hope every one find this as interesting as I do.
here is the link to the article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/31/nyreg ... imuse.html