No, quite the opposite. I have been the Director of our association for 14 years, during which time we have received funding for at least seven or eight projects. We have been able to restore our turn table and organize four Canada-wide travelling exhibitions, which allowed us to showcase our smaller artifacts across the country. The program also allowed us to computerize our collections in the early 1990s. We have, therefore, benefited from the program. Obviously, a category to support research and non travelling exhibitions would be helpful in terms of conservation. The museums assistance program is an extremely important program for museums of all shapes and sizes.
On October 16th, 2006. See this statement in context.