As a fellow history nerd (I am more inrested in vikings aincent grece and egypt your content is also intresting) no youre not to picky i agree with you.
I get it! I’ve seen mistakes at museums. I’ve gone so far and to speak to curators to point it out. They’re usually appreciative. Or at least act as they are. Haha. Side note, I’ve been invited into back rooms by curators to see additional items not on display when I show them pics of my collection.
Ian from Forgotten Weapons said it best. Museums have gone from this thing where experts can gather to view rare items and comb through detailed records to extremely dumbed down (many times purposely at the level of small children) exhibits with flashy displays for the masses and uninformed.
Sadly museums can be some of the worst with classifying items. A lot of curators that don't know the items they have. Forgotten Weapons did a great video on this topic a while back.
If your ever in New York take a trip the West Point museum. They have items from Goering's diamond encrusted baton to American tanks. It has multiple floors. And every item has around a paragraph of information about it.
Same thing for me, especially when it comes to Victorian era Canadian/British. Kind of crazy how lacking some museums seem to be when it comes to information/knowledge
Good example was that there was a museum in Florida I went to that had a Bundswehr Air force tunic with a Luftwaffe breast eagle and they called it an original tunic. Then when I went to the curator to tell him he just told me off until I show him and he apologized for the way he acted. But not all museum curators are like that.
Gotta agree with you about the laziness of some museum exhibitions. BUT, isn't that pack the 1910 model? I know that it was issued at least early during WW2, but it was mostly a WW1 desigh.
Same here it also bugs me, there is a painting of a WWII sailors cap in memory of Pearl Harbor at my high school and the cap has 2 lines going complete opposite ways, where as the real ones has the 2 lines going side-by-side.
One of the funniest things for me was when I was going through the Norfolk Tank Museum (which is very good, and the staff know their stuff), and they had an A4 piece of paper with a printed image of Eisenhower's D-Day letter (the "Soldiers, sailors, and airmen of the allied expeditionary force" one), and I was standing looking at it, thinking about the fact that my great-grandad brought his original World War 2 one back, and it is now framed on my wall... Even a museum can't have some of the things which individual collectors, or even just families, have.
My local museum has a WWI room and I feel the same when I walk through and see all the stuff they've mislabeled. I'm halfway tempted to contact the curator, set up an appointment and show up with huge pile of reference books.
Museum people know what an item is, but often not how it was used. Anyone who really knows the stuff will have issues in most museums. I've seen some goofy stuff at even high-profile museums you'd otherwise think should know better
No I am going to agree with you on that one, I have to say depending on the museum and the funds coming in they are going to get lucky and get a good person like you that is going to know and want to do it right or they will get a person who is using the job to get a better one or they got a volunteer that didn't know what they were doing or they figured that since I am not getting paid who cares. That is a shame either way because the people who are there to try and learn or trying to connect to a loved one or one who has departed is not going to get the true facts 70% or more are looking for. Great day to you and good morning wherever you are in our great nation, greetings from Seven Fields, Pa.
Kind of like me when I went to one museum that had a milled receiver Chinese Type 56 AK and a stamped receiver Type 56 AK and the museum just labeled them as, “AK-47.” Both were captures from the Vietnam War and they literally didn’t elaborate on them beyond “AK-47.”
For those pointing out how museums dumb down to educate the masses, thats different. The problem its outright WRONG information not simplified. Also not the first time I seen or heard of museums being wrong. The unfortunate thing is people turn to these institutions for truth so its important these are corrected and properly labeled. If the information is dubious, put a disclaimer
I went to a WW2 museum on Mt Samat Bataan they had a Japanese Luck Flag called it rising sun! then I went to this Japanese Uniform which had the rising sun patch and I said that is the Rising sun!
Maybe I’m being too picky, but as a history nerd, this stuff always bugs me 😂
same
Have you been to the war and vet museum in Canfield
Same
You are not picky. You are right. There are supposed to be as correct as you are.
As a fellow history nerd (I am more inrested in vikings aincent grece and egypt your content is also intresting) no youre not to picky i agree with you.
I get it! I’ve seen mistakes at museums. I’ve gone so far and to speak to curators to point it out. They’re usually appreciative. Or at least act as they are. Haha. Side note, I’ve been invited into back rooms by curators to see additional items not on display when I show them pics of my collection.
Where can i see these pics?
@@kamikazefilmproductions If you want to see the pics of my collection, I have most of my collection in the form of videos on my youtube channel.
@@WWIIBuff alr, thank u
Ian from Forgotten Weapons said it best. Museums have gone from this thing where experts can gather to view rare items and comb through detailed records to extremely dumbed down (many times purposely at the level of small children) exhibits with flashy displays for the masses and uninformed.
Sadly museums can be some of the worst with classifying items. A lot of curators that don't know the items they have. Forgotten Weapons did a great video on this topic a while back.
If your ever in New York take a trip the West Point museum. They have items from Goering's diamond encrusted baton to American tanks. It has multiple floors. And every item has around a paragraph of information about it.
Same thing for me, especially when it comes to Victorian era Canadian/British. Kind of crazy how lacking some museums seem to be when it comes to information/knowledge
I agree with you! Video idea: list your favorite WWII movies/show
I love that idea!
Band of brothers
Good example was that there was a museum in Florida I went to that had a Bundswehr Air force tunic with a Luftwaffe breast eagle and they called it an original tunic. Then when I went to the curator to tell him he just told me off until I show him and he apologized for the way he acted. But not all museum curators are like that.
Gotta agree with you about the laziness of some museum exhibitions. BUT, isn't that pack the 1910 model? I know that it was issued at least early during WW2, but it was mostly a WW1 desigh.
Have to agree I saw an awesome WW2 winter camo m1 fixed bale on display at a local museum but it had a 80s liner put in it 😢
Same here it also bugs me, there is a painting of a WWII sailors cap in memory of Pearl Harbor at my high school and the cap has 2 lines going complete opposite ways, where as the real ones has the 2 lines going side-by-side.
That's how I got my start at the museum I volunteer at, by correcting them on stuff they had either wrong or incorrectly labeled
I know that feeling. Anytime I visit a jail outside my hometown, I introduce new ways of hiding contraband to my bunk mates.
One of the funniest things for me was when I was going through the Norfolk Tank Museum (which is very good, and the staff know their stuff), and they had an A4 piece of paper with a printed image of Eisenhower's D-Day letter (the "Soldiers, sailors, and airmen of the allied expeditionary force" one), and I was standing looking at it, thinking about the fact that my great-grandad brought his original World War 2 one back, and it is now framed on my wall...
Even a museum can't have some of the things which individual collectors, or even just families, have.
Sometimes you can mention things like that to the staff and they will fix it.
Yes I agree with this comment.
Amazing video!
My local museum has a WWI room and I feel the same when I walk through and see all the stuff they've mislabeled. I'm halfway tempted to contact the curator, set up an appointment and show up with huge pile of reference books.
Museum people know what an item is, but often not how it was used. Anyone who really knows the stuff will have issues in most museums. I've seen some goofy stuff at even high-profile museums you'd otherwise think should know better
No I am going to agree with you on that one, I have to say depending on the museum and the funds coming in they are going to get lucky and get a good person like you that is going to know and want to do it right or they will get a person who is using the job to get a better one or they got a volunteer that didn't know what they were doing or they figured that since I am not getting paid who cares. That is a shame either way because the people who are there to try and learn or trying to connect to a loved one or one who has departed is not going to get the true facts 70% or more are looking for. Great day to you and good morning wherever you are in our great nation, greetings from Seven Fields, Pa.
as blacksmith same for me on that, also other things, but I also realise that they have limited resources.
Kind of like me when I went to one museum that had a milled receiver Chinese Type 56 AK and a stamped receiver Type 56 AK and the museum just labeled them as, “AK-47.” Both were captures from the Vietnam War and they literally didn’t elaborate on them beyond “AK-47.”
Good legit points!
Anyone been to the Normandy museums?
Pretty sad when the museum can't even label things correctly.
Why did the infantry soldiers have the socks that went under their boots but airborne didn't?
Those aren't socks. They are leggings. It's to protect your ankles
Dude's got some nice sweaters
They should hire you as the curator of the museum
For those pointing out how museums dumb down to educate the masses, thats different. The problem its outright WRONG information not simplified. Also not the first time I seen or heard of museums being wrong. The unfortunate thing is people turn to these institutions for truth so its important these are corrected and properly labeled. If the information is dubious, put a disclaimer
May I ask how do i sign up to one of your reenactment?
How & where did you get your 48-star American flag?
Me too😅😂😂
I think you're missing out on a museum curator job somewhere!
i completely agree
Mine too
I went to a WW2 museum on Mt Samat Bataan they had a Japanese Luck Flag called it rising sun! then I went to this Japanese Uniform which had the rising sun patch and I said that is the Rising sun!
Yep
World war wisdom museum when?
Where to buy helmet?
Are you taking a break?
Are you accepting marriage proposals at the moment?
This is why you don’t donate stuff to museums 🙄
BRUH