the me me society.

Oh Maggie didn't invent the Me-Generation but she opened the door. WIDE.

And as for private collections. There is always the EFDSS. There are a few of my collected things worthy of offering, though a few years back I did offer under the banner of The Full English. I was deemed unimportant, in the context of their remit. Their remit was to get the biggest fish. I suspect it merely linked to collections, to save on webspace and personnel/time. But that is insecure, if cheap.

My collected audio reminiscences of the local area are copied to the local museum & Gloucestershire Archives. Local gov have the infrastructure, and motivation.