@charlotteclymer
I would make a distinction.
Publicly accessible museums -- or even collections of artifacts and manuscripts which are accessible only to qualified scholars and experts -- can provide us with valuable insights into the past -- especially those aspects of the past we'd prefer to forget.
The distinction lies not so much in the things or the collections of things but in the attitudes towards and disposition of them, of the place they hold in the larger system of public thought.

@baslow @charlotteclymer I believe the distinction is that she's talking about an individual and their choices and actions.

@wesley83 @charlotteclymer
No, I understand, but our posts are global and last far longer than the immediate context. Encountered by someone a few days from now, the context of this post may be obscure or lost. This is simply me, popping up randomly, to remind people I deem to be conscientious actors that what we say here is more like a worldwide radio broadcast than it is like a tete-a-tete in a salon. It is in the interest of forces of division that we forget that...