Two professors from the New York University reveal the possibility of putting up a museum celebrating the work and contributions of the city's sanitation workers.

Profs. Robin Nagle and Haidy Geismar are pushing for the museum, which they plan to put up after the already-displayed exhibit on the history of the Sanitation Department.

"If you look at the role of the department in the city's history, it helped turn it into the global capital it is today," Prof. Nagle told the New York Post. "If we couldn't keep our streets clean, we wouldn't be the shining urban center that we have become."

The exhibit that the two professors have already put up at 136 W. 20th St. in Chelsea is set to close Sunday, and the museum is being pushed to follow. It features historical photos, memorabilia donated by the sanitation department, and a history of the trash collectors' contributions in the regulation of urban health, including the lowering of mortality and ridding the city of rats that carry diseases.

"The exhibit is the seed from which the larger museum will grow," said Nagle, as reported by the UPI.