Dear Patrick,
Sounds like a great object, though from the motor museum point of view,
I feel compelled to offer an alternative view to challenge your
assumption that it would simply be interpreted as a "scientific piece".
Many motor museums are as committed to representing social history and
the impact of the motor car on the lives of people as they are technical
development.
Best wishes,
Andrea Bishop
Collections & Information Manager
National Motor Museum
Beaulieu
Hampshire
SO42 7ZN
Tel. 01590 614659
Fax. 01590 612655
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Do you know where it was piloted? If there's a social/local history
museum serving that area they'd probably be interested. Christine
Christine Johnstone
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> The first ever piloted breathelyser kit in the uk has come into my
> possession. It contains all the original chrystals but has probably
> dried out over the years ( no pun intended ). I want to offer it to a
> suitable museum, which was the intention of the owner who designed it.
> However rather than offer it to a large museum such as one of the
> motor museums or national science or transport museums I would rather
> it went to a smaller museum where it would be interpreted more
> sensitively as a piece of social history rather than a scientific
> piece ? Has anyone got any suggestions ? Secondly how should I be
> conserving it to stop further deterioration?
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