Cars, Museums, and Data Stewardship
I was in Coventry for about a week. A mini-vacation, if I may call it that. My sister was at school during the day, which leaves me with plenty of time to wander around and play tourist. To fill some of that time, I visited the Coventry Transport Museum, and the Midland Air Museum. This post is about cars, bikes, data, and stewardship. Because apparently I can't switch off the researcher part of my brain, even on holiday. And I kept seeing beautiful connections that tagged at my data steward wannabe heart and brain strings. I've visited a fair number of museums. There's one next to my university (Uni of Manchester) with fascinating natural history collections. Then there are museums filled with ancient artefacts, artworks, scrolls, ships, and mummies. The British Museum comes to mind. I still have complicated feelings about some of the histories behind those collections, especially when it comes to human remains. Some questions about carrying a dead body buried in respect ...