13-09-2020, 11:12 PM
It is the sort of damage which occurs in museums. I have noticed in our Museum of Transport many removable fittings have disappeared off vehicles and everything has been fiddled with. If one of a group finds thay can dent the hubcap they all try.
it hugely annoys me to see old items available for the public to touch. At the Kensington Science museum I think it is Maudsleys lathe which is accessible. Parts can be remade but it is not the same. In the war museum the famous WW1 mons field gun a toy for children. And the ex NZ LRDG truck subject to more wear and tear than decades in the libyan desert.
it hugely annoys me to see old items available for the public to touch. At the Kensington Science museum I think it is Maudsleys lathe which is accessible. Parts can be remade but it is not the same. In the war museum the famous WW1 mons field gun a toy for children. And the ex NZ LRDG truck subject to more wear and tear than decades in the libyan desert.