Serious question, did that conversation with the museum curator change how you see preservation?

I was talking to a curator at the local history museum last weekend about some old pottery shards they found near the river. She said most of them were just thrown away because people thought they were worthless, but now they realize those shards tell the whole story of how the town started. Has anyone else had someone in the field make you rethink what's worth keeping?

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victor_adams9521d ago

Those old pottery shards from the 1800s near the river actually taught the town a lot about early trade routes, @abbyr96. Your dad's license plate story is a good example of how easy it is to overlook everyday stuff until someone points out the bigger picture. Curators definitely have a way of shifting your view on what's actually important to save.

abbyr9621d ago

My dad used to throw out every old license plate he found in barns or basements, said they were just rusty junk taking up space. Then the county historical society put out a call for plates from the 1940s because they had almost none, and he realized those "junk" plates could've filled in a gap for local car registrations. Now he's got a whole collection and talks about them like they're family heirlooms. It's funny how something as simple as a piece of stamped metal can hold a whole chunk of local history that nobody thought to save.