First, I will say, that the city missed a huge opportunity here by NOT saving the Delbridge collection. I have even told people we should at least store them until we find a local or state taker. But history is NOT important here for people who don’t understand it.
Here are the orgs in the running;
- University of Notre Dame
- Peabody Museum of Natural History (Yale University)
- Institute for Natural History
- Grand Rapids Public Museum
- Coburn Grand Resort
- Oddities Museum
I was unable to find ANY info on the last two, but I think that ‘E’ is in Harrisburg but not sure what it is? As for A-C all great organizations, but unfortunately on the East Coast. It will be so sad when whoever gets this collection they will fully restore it in it’s original glory and the only way we will be able to see it is ONLINE or traveling there. If I was on the committee I would pick ‘C’ they seem to have what it takes to take care of this collection, it’s just too bad we don’t work out an agreement where we get like 4-5 of the animals back after restored.
I wonder if Poops will have a sendoff party for Lenin’s Tomb? We know he will be personally celebrating!
Can we split them up? I’d like to see Yale get our monkeys. Perhaps, the one with the impala being attacked by the cheetah, or whatever, could go to the Oddities Museum. Let’s give the Fighting Irish Catholics something predatory in nature or having to do with evolution, while the Natural History one might like something involving procreation between a monkey and a wild bore. AND, Grand Rapids, the home of Jerry Ford, might want a simpler exhibit…. Oh, and that Resort place (Is that a water park?) might like the walrus, which could have a tube stuck up its you know what, and then from time to time, it could spray the kids with water…. 🙂