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Smithsonian to Enshrine Enron Memorabilia

Enron has turned into a museum quality scandal—the Smithsonian Institution* is collecting its memorabilia, including its code of ethics. A spokeswoman for the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History said they have started to collect Enron memorabilia as part of an effort to record one of the nation’s biggest business scandals. “We have acquired one of the administrative booklets that talks about the code of ethics, with a letter from (former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer) Kenneth Lay and we have collected a coffee mug,” she said. The political history division will use the artifacts as a way to look at "the contest between business, the business world and the public for government's favor.” The Smithsonian’s 16 museums hold more than 140 million artifacts, and it has one of the largest collections of Americana in the world.

* Smithsonian/smi8#s2%ni2n/ Institution: 史密森学会（由英国化学家、矿物学家James Smithson 捐款创建的研究机构，于1846年在美国首都华盛顿建立）。

安然公司丑闻已经有了收藏价值——史密森学会正在收集有关的纪念物，包括该公司的道德准则。史密森学会下属的美国国家历史博物馆的一位女发言人说，他们已经开始收集安然公司的纪念品以记录作为美国历史上最大商业丑闻之一的安然丑闻。她说：“我们已经收集到了一本安然公司有关道德规范的管理手册、（公司前主席及首席执行官）肯思·雷所附的一封信以及一个咖啡杯。”博物馆的政治史分部将把这些物品用作考察“企业、工商界与公众之间为争夺政府宠爱而进行的斗争”的一个途径。史密森学会所辖的16个博物馆拥有超过1亿4千万件藏品，它的美国史料收藏是世界上最大的此类收藏之一。

Remarks：不仅如此，网上也已有安然物品拍卖。人们的历史嗅觉和收藏眼光不容否认，但愿他们同样也能鉴古知今、勿蹈覆辙。