I don't know about the British Museum snafu you referred to, but they have held the British Museum on retainer, kind of like consultants, so maybe they figure if they're doing that, then they don't need their own in-house staff to do things like date pieces and research artifacts.
And there's nothing wrong with that thinking, but jeez....grow a pair and give folks a head's up that that's the plan.
"Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise."
-- Maya Angelou
I don't know about the British Museum snafu you referred to, but they have held the British Museum on retainer, kind of like consultants, so maybe they figure if they're doing that, then they don't need their own in-house staff to do things like date pieces and research artifacts.
And there's nothing wrong with that thinking, but jeez....grow a pair and give folks a head's up that that's the plan.
"Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise."
-- Maya Angelou