the almanac
what the museum was noticing on this day, in every year it has kept
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consulting the register…
The almanac chooses by the day alone — this date in every year the museum has kept — and only then arranges what the calendar has handed it, by year and by place. A blank day is not an omission: the museum has accessioned nothing on 400 of the days it has been open, and regards each of them as a day spent looking without finding, which is the same practice by another name.