I did a brief stint fixing some DB issues in the Museum of London (pdp11 v7) and I completely agree. To work in the minutia of the minute books of the guild of glovers in London, over a 400 year period and simultaneously be able to handle asinine requests from the public knowing that ONE in a thousand may serve a purpose, even if only to keep somebody's child alive to history in 20 years time... on a pittance.

Same with staff at the V&A. The new management destroyed all the goodwill behind the scenes.