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Please know that our thoughts and prayers are with you, our museum colleagues, during this terrible time. Thank you for all you do to preserve the heritage and art of your country.  We stand with you.

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Janice Klein
Executive Director
Museum Association of Arizona
Tempe AZ
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Very much so, Janice. Indeed it is unfortunate that such a terribly sad incident should befall people who by the nature of their undertaking are men and women who desire to organise human and material resources for peaceful reflection, connecting the past with present and attracting global citizens to understand and appreciate our human kind. Alas, both our museum professional colleagues and our cherished visitors were cut down in a most heinous manner that  absolutely contradicts their noble endeavors and peaceful missions. May God guide us all unto the right path!    

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Aliyu Abdu
Curator/Heritage Manager
National Commission For Museums and Monuments
Kano
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-21-2015 11:58 AM
From: Janice Klein
Subject: To Our Friends and Colleagues in Tunisia

Please know that our thoughts and prayers are with you, our museum colleagues, during this terrible time. Thank you for all you do to preserve the heritage and art of your country.  We stand with you.

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Janice Klein
Executive Director
Museum Association of Arizona
Tempe AZ
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Amen to that. Any thoughts on how to actively support our museum colleagues?

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Johanna Gurland
Fundraising Consultant
Arlington MA
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-21-2015 11:58 AM
From: Janice Klein
Subject: To Our Friends and Colleagues in Tunisia

Please know that our thoughts and prayers are with you, our museum colleagues, during this terrible time. Thank you for all you do to preserve the heritage and art of your country.  We stand with you.

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Janice Klein
Executive Director
Museum Association of Arizona
Tempe AZ
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March 27, 2015

 

To our museum colleagues,

 

We want to acknowledge the courage and dedication of the staff of the museums in Tunisia, Syria and Iraq that have very recently endured horrific attacks against their visitors (in the case of the Bardo Museum in Tunis) and collections (in the case of so many sites in Syria and Iraq).

 

Many of us wonder what we can do in our own limited ways to support and help museums that are especially vulnerable.  Agencies like UNESCO and the Kamel Lazaar Foundation are on the forefront of efforts, but here are some ideas of what we might do at home: 1) talk about what happened with our colleagues; 2) reach out to our colleagues in especially vulnerable museums; 3) set aside public space in our institutions to raise awareness; 4) re-invigorate our work in our own communities on behalf of preservation of, access to, and valuing the beauty of art, heritage and culture.

 

Marjorie Schwarzer

Fahimeh Rahravan

Museum Studies Program

University of San Francisco

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Marjorie Schwarzer
University of San Francisco
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-22-2015 07:17 AM
From: Johanna Gurland
Subject: To Our Friends and Colleagues in Tunisia

Amen to that. Any thoughts on how to actively support our museum colleagues?

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Johanna Gurland
Fundraising Consultant
Arlington MA
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-21-2015 11:58 AM
From: Janice Klein
Subject: To Our Friends and Colleagues in Tunisia

Please know that our thoughts and prayers are with you, our museum colleagues, during this terrible time. Thank you for all you do to preserve the heritage and art of your country.  We stand with you.

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Janice Klein
Executive Director
Museum Association of Arizona
Tempe AZ
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Well said.  All of us at the Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah in Kuwait are including you in our prayers.

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Susan Day
Education and Communications Consultant
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-21-2015 11:58 AM
From: Janice Klein
Subject: To Our Friends and Colleagues in Tunisia

Please know that our thoughts and prayers are with you, our museum colleagues, during this terrible time. Thank you for all you do to preserve the heritage and art of your country.  We stand with you.

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Janice Klein
Executive Director
Museum Association of Arizona
Tempe AZ
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A few months after Tunisia's Arab Spring I was fortunate enough to visit the beautiful Bardo Museum.  I shall never forget that experience and all the wonderful people I met in Tunisia.   This is a terrible tragedy, but I know Tunisians are strong and hope that people will continue to come and explore the many fine examples of cultural heritage your country has to offer.  You are in our hearts as we share your grief.

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Sandra Olsen PhD
Senior Curator of Archaeology, Biodiversity Institute, U. of KS
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-21-2015 11:58 AM
From: Janice Klein
Subject: To Our Friends and Colleagues in Tunisia

Please know that our thoughts and prayers are with you, our museum colleagues, during this terrible time. Thank you for all you do to preserve the heritage and art of your country.  We stand with you.

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Janice Klein
Executive Director
Museum Association of Arizona
Tempe AZ
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