Linda -

You might want to look also at the example of Stone Quarry Hill Art Park
in Cazenovia, which preserved the Dorothy and Bob Reister's land as a
sculpture park while allowing them to continue living on the property.
I'm not quite sure this is relevant to your question - are you asking
whether the not-for-profit farm museum could pay its former owners to
run it? 

-Mari Shopsis

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From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Linda Norris
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 3:55 PM
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Subject: museum partnerships


A local family has an interest in maintaining a historic farmstead and 
is considering becoming a non-profit museum.   However,  they are also 
interested in exploring possible ways in which a for-profit entity (the 
family itself) could operate in partnership with a non-profit entity,  
that perhaps might own and care for the collection.   There are of 
course,  many complications and it may or may not be an idea worth 
pursuing for them.   Off the top of my head,  I'm unable to think of 
any examples of such partnerships and wanted to see if museum 
colleagues had any examples to point me too.   Ideas and examples?

Thanks for your help.
Linda Norris
Riverhill
www.riverhillpartners.com

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