This museum needs a consultant

How do you wind up in the museum business if you don't validate dubious holdings? What college do you go to in order to recruit generation after generation of curators who feel that inventory and validation are a waste of time and resources?

Stupidest Civil War story this year: Civil War surrender document is not a photocopy.

Calling Nancy Drew:

...museum officials examining the document recently noticed that the indentation of pens into the paper was visible. He said they also noticed that the ink on the document was darker and lighter in places, as would be expected with the pens used at the time.