<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">First question might be about whether the responsibilities for professional care were met regardless of what message the video may send to the public.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">And in that regard, what risks to the collection / displays / specimens may the drone have presented in the course of creating the video? (I.e., did the museum adequately consider those risks and mediate for them?)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">In these contexts, a "drones are bad / drones are not bad" dichotomy is probably not useful, and a case-specific assessment of risks, costs, benefits will be.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">As an aside, what sorts of risks, or exposures to negative impacts to which particular specimens, might a drone present while flying to produce this particular video?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Peter R. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 10:51 AM William Simpson <<a href="mailto:wsimpson@fieldmuseum.org">wsimpson@fieldmuseum.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Hi All,</p>
<p>I've just seen a promotional video taken by a drone flying inside
a natural history museum, including getting close to real
specimens such as mounted dinosaur skeletons. What do you all
think of this? The video <i>is </i>a very engaging experience.
I am mulling over what message this sends to the public about a
museum's attitude concerning its responsibilities for professional
care vs increased public exposure. Do the benefits of such
promotion justify this? <br>
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<p>Best,</p>
<p>Bill<br>
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