IT IS TRULY SAD TO SEE SUCH A LARGE AND IMPORTANT COLLECTION IN SUCH POOR CONDITION. THE WAY FOR THEM TO GO WITH THEIR MUSEUM IS TO FIND A PROFESSIONAL CONSERVATOR AND HAVE HIM OR HIS TEAM WORK ON THE MOST IMPORTANT EXAMPLES AND ALSO TEACH SOME OF THE LOCALS HOW TO RESTORE, PRESERVE AND CARE FOR THE COLLECTION. AS LABOR IS CHEAP IN THAILAND THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO HIRE A CREW OF THOSE TRAINED TO GET ALL THEIR SWORDS IN ACCEPTABLE CONDITION. AFTER EVERYTHING IS IN STABLE AND CLEAN CONDITION A SMALLER CREW COULD KEEP THE COLLECTION IN GOOD SHAPE. THE OTHERS MIGHT FIND WORK IN OTHER MUSEUMS IN THE SAME SHAPE AS THIS ONE PRESENTLY IS.
CONSERVATORS ARE EXPENSIVE HERE AND THERE IS NEVER ENOUGH MONEY AVAILABLE TO DO ALL THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE SO MOST THINGS HAVE TO BE PUT OFF. WHAT GETS TAKEN CARE OF ALSO DEPENDS ON THE INTRESTS OF THE CURRENT HEAD CURATOR. THE MUSEUM IN THAILAND APPEARS TO BE OF THE OLD STYLE ( JUST GET A LOT OF STUFF AND DISPLAY IT AND THEN LET IT STAY THAT WAY FOREVER WITH NO CONSERVATION). THAILAND IS A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY AND I LIKE THE PEOPLE AND THEIR WAY OF LIFE SO IT IS A SHAME TO SEE SUCH A IMPORTANT ESTABLISHMENT AS THIS MUSEUM SO SADLY NEGLECTED.
THE PICTURES DO SERVE TO SEE MORE EXAMPLES OF DHA AND THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE OTHER WEAPONS THERE IS GOOD. YOU HAVE ADDED MORE TO THE POOL OF KNOWLEGE HERE AND PERHAPS WORD MAY GET BACK TO THE MUSEUM OR SOMEONE WITH DEEP POCKETS AND DHA FEVER MAY HELP THE MUSEUM OUT OR STIR THEM UP TO FIX IT. WAY TO GO!!
