Ground Zero Museum

[wonderboynj]

I realize that this is a capitalist country, but don't you think this is a little ridiculous?

Alice Greenwald has just been named as the director of the World Trade Center Memorial and Museum. She currently is one of the top curators at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington.

Her salary will be $300,000 a year.

Now, I have no idea how much curators at museums make, let alone "top" curators. It just seems a bit excessive to me, especially since the memorial I'm sure will be funded at least partially with federal dollars.

Comments

[wonderboynj.livejournal.com]

Who actually owns the battlefields at Gettysburg? I agree that they should just give up the idea of rebuilding office space at the WTC, they are just motivated by the almighty dollar anyway.

Do we really need millions of square feet of office space in downtown manhattan?

[nipper-dawg.livejournal.com]

Gettysburg National Monument is owned by the National Parks Service. It is considered a Burial ground. 51000 people were killed or injured there. The struggle is the surrounding areas which are privatly owned going commercial. The NPS does not have the funds to buy the surrounding properties.
http://www.nps.gov/gett/index.htm