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9/11 Museum Gift Shop getting heat. Agree or disagree?
Posted on 5/19/14 at 11:44 am
Posted on 5/19/14 at 11:44 am
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The museum at Ground Zero tells the dark story of the 9/11 terror attacks with spectacular artifacts and exhibits. It pays heart-wrenching tribute to the innocents and heroes killed that day. It also has a gift shop.
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“To me, it’s the crassest, most insensitive thing to have a commercial enterprise at the place where my son died,” Diane Horning said. She and husband Kurt never recovered the remains of their son Matthew, 26, a database administrator for Marsh & McLennan and an aspiring guitarist.
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“Here is essentially our tomb of the unknown. To sell baubles I find quite shocking and repugnant,” said Horning, who also objects to the museum cafe.
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Posted on 5/19/14 at 11:45 am to LSUZombie
I'm not going to down play his suffering and grief, but I think he's being a tad emotional with his reasoning.
I mean, the Holocaust Museum has a gift shop.
I mean, the Holocaust Museum has a gift shop.
Posted on 5/19/14 at 11:45 am to LSUZombie
I don't have a problem with it. It's not sacred ground.
This post was edited on 5/19/14 at 11:46 am
Posted on 5/19/14 at 11:45 am to LSUZombie
How else is the museum supposed to stay open?
Posted on 5/19/14 at 11:47 am to lsunurse
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How else is the museum supposed to stay open?
This. I was just about to post this. I'd rather see the museum partially fund itself this way instead of having the government fund it 100%.
Posted on 5/19/14 at 11:48 am to lsunurse
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How else is the museum supposed to stay open?
this......if someone is making cash, no. If it operates as not-for-profit and to sustain the museum, yes.
Posted on 5/19/14 at 11:48 am to LSUZombie
Vendors were selling t-shirts down there when the crater was still smoking. Does not surprise me.
This is one museum I will never go to anyway.
This is one museum I will never go to anyway.
Posted on 5/19/14 at 11:49 am to LSUZombie
World War II museum has a gift shop.
Posted on 5/19/14 at 11:49 am to lsunurse
Ummmm... The Musuem charges admission. And it is a significant amount.
$24 to get in.
$700 million to build. Covered entirely by your tax dollars and private donations.
$24 to get in.
$700 million to build. Covered entirely by your tax dollars and private donations.
Posted on 5/19/14 at 11:50 am to SabiDojo
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I don't have a problem with it. It's not sacred ground.
Even sacred ground has a gift shop. Vatican Gift
Posted on 5/19/14 at 11:50 am to Mo Jeaux
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This is one museum I will never go to anyway.
Agreed. My wife and I went to the Memorial when it first opened, but we do not plan on going to the museum.
Posted on 5/19/14 at 11:50 am to LSUZombie
i guess i am not against it but who would buy this?
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A black and white “Darkness Hoodie” printed with an image of the Twin Towers. The pullover, like other “Darkness” items, bears the words “In Darkness We Shine Brightest.” Price: $39
Posted on 5/19/14 at 11:51 am to LSUZombie
I think a sighting of a bear was reported in Central in the last two weeks. Not sure how true but the person called the city official like he was going to take care of it.
Posted on 5/19/14 at 11:51 am to lsunurse
It's not like a 9/11 gift shop is something new. They had one that you exited through when you visited just the memorial before the museum opened. I remember them selling those leaves of the survivor tree and my wife wanting to get them. I made a donation and left that place, I didn't want suveniors from that....
That was one of the saddest places I have been to, I don't need a token reminder to wear around about how utterly depressing it is...
That was one of the saddest places I have been to, I don't need a token reminder to wear around about how utterly depressing it is...
This post was edited on 5/19/14 at 11:53 am
Posted on 5/19/14 at 11:54 am to LSUDAN1
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I think a sighting of a bear was reported in Central in the last two weeks. Not sure how true but the person called the city official like he was going to take care of it.
Great post.
Oh, and, "Mom & Dad went to the 9/11 Museum & all I got was this lousy tshirt." Seems appropriate.
Posted on 5/19/14 at 11:55 am to LSUZombie
The holocaust museum isn't at Dachau either.
Posted on 5/19/14 at 11:56 am to LSUBoo
I've never been, but I'd be very surprised and disappointed if it were inside a church or cathedral. Posted on 5/19/14 at 11:58 am to LSUZombie
I am a little curious who the target audience is. there are probably a thousand museums I'd rather visit.
Posted on 5/19/14 at 12:00 pm to SabiDojo
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It's not sacred ground
To all those that lost loved ones it is....
I have no problem with a gift shop as long as ALL the money that is made goes to a 9/11 fund....
Posted on 5/19/14 at 12:04 pm to LSUZombie
Tacky, but nothing unusual. Now, the price for admission is ridiculous.
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