Last week I explored the meaning of new words that have been officially recognised by the Oxford Dictionary people. So in this blog I want to campaign for new additions to the dictionary of words that should, could and would be used in museums
Axcess - the murderous feeling engendered by being forced to let in non-traditional audiences to your museum
Curationation - the fashionable concept letting anyone who walks through the door to curate your next exhibition
Disposunable - the inability to get rid of unwanted objects from the collection due to outdated ethics considerations
Exhibosauricy - the demand from management that every new exhibition should include at least one dinosaur
Fundaymental - the state of mind of the education officer after running a week of family friendly activities during the summer holidays
Grantliness - the reputation a museum has for exploiting grant funds to the max
Heritrage - righteous anger that another piece of the past is lost due to under-resourcing
Inflacollation - unsustainable museum collection policy
Storemforce - the unshakeable optimism by the curator that he/she will fit the new acquisition into the already overcrowded museum store
Voluntairasis - the incurable spread of volunteer dependent activity throughout the museum
Zoomoos - museums with a significant natural history collection
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