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Re: RTM 19th Century Treasures
- Subject: Re: RTM 19th Century Treasures
- From: "Robert Lee" <robsl@ozemail.com.au>
- Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 21:43:15 +1100
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I think there's a little confusion about things here. Of course the RTM has
received many grants for projects large and small over the years, but it
does not have assured regular government funding as part of its annual
budget. So we get the museum the government thinks we deserve - amateur.
Robert Harris wrote in message <3A09AA3C.20CC90AC@fastlink.com.au>...
>Why?
>
>
>
>David Johnson wrote:
>>
>> Robert Lee wrote:
>>
>> > I'm just back from an attachment at the NRM at York, and have been to a
few
>> > other wonderful museums as well. (Not yet Naples, alas, in its 1837
>> > workshops overlooking the bay - one day). It's great to see what can be
>> > done, but all the decent museums have budgets around $A10 million per
annum.
>> >
>> > The RTM's (so far as govt is concerned) is ZERO.
>>
>> I don't think that is accurate.
>>
>> --
>> David Johnson
>> trainman@ozemail.com.au
>> http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/
>> ------------------------------------
>> These comments are made in a private
>> capacity and do not represent the
>> official view of State Rail.
>> C.O.W.S. Page 11.