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February 17, 2008 - 12:04PM
Templar: Curator should lose job over diorama
Le Templar, Tribune
There’s a museum curator in Texas who should be out of a job pretty darn quick. And a day or two in the local stockade might be reasonable as well.
Diorama's destruction dismays Gilbert students
VIDEO: Civil War diorama, three-and-a-half years in the making
The Tribune reported Saturday that Jeff Hunt of Texas Military Forces Museum at Camp Mabry in Austin, Texas, recently destroyed a diorama of a Civil War battle that was painstakingly designed and painted by students at Gilbert’s Highland High School.
The diorama, featuring hundreds of little soldier figurines, was of the Battle at Palmetto Ranch, which is considered to be the final conflict of the war between the states. Highland put together the display at the specific request of Hunt’s predecessor because the students have developed a reputation for detailed work of excellence.
But Hunt, who wrote a book about the Battle at Palmetto Ranch, decided after the diorama had been on display for seven weeks that it was historically inaccurate — and he ripped it apart.
If Hunt truly is the expert he claims to be, he knows just how much time and energy goes into preparing these types of dioramas. In this case, the Highland students more than three years on the display and it cost $23,000 to finish.
Hunt deserves to lose his job for his heartless destruction of these students’ hard work. And if the diorama still belonged to Highland High School instead of the museum, he committed some criminal mischief or vandalism as well.
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