Yes Toto, the price of conservation can be quite high

In the October 20, 2016 issue of The New York Times, Graham Bowley wrote about the Smithsonian Institution’s Kickstarter crowd funding campaign to raise $300,000 to study and conserve its pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the movie The Wizard of Oz (“Smithsonian Seeks $300,000 to Save Dorothy’s Ruby Slippers”). After the article was published, a number of laypeople expressed great astonishment to me about the amount. Yes Toto , the price of conservation can be quite high– but the end result is worth the expense.