Are we floating or sinking...?

On Monday, May 5, 2008, Jeff Lee in the Vancouver Sun published the story Vancouver Maritime Museum forced to close.

The flashpoint: the Maritime Museum "has been told to close its doors by the end of 2009."

The Museum's Side: last week the city issued a "termination agreement" to force the Museum to close before a plan is in place for the collection's survival.

The City Side: the city is "simply assessing the collection", which it owns, and will report back to Council for direction.

abomb&thecorpse: There are too many unknowns to tell which side is in the right. Therefore, there may still be room to find the best possible path. It's important to assess the collection with the idea of maintaining as much as possible for integration with the proposed "National Maritime Museum" in North Vancouver, but we do not want to "terminate" our cultural treasures without a clear plan that is executed in a reasonable time-frame. Is the National Maritime Museum even 100% confirmed?

The Vancouver Sun story.

The Vancouver Maritime Museum site.

The history of the Vancouver Maritime Museum.