I suggest that it is in everyone's interest to promote professionalism when dealing with educating the public through museum exhibits or even "museum like" exhibits.  If that is true, and there will be more online and non-collecting museums in the future not less, perhaps new broader definitions for alternative types of museums should be recognized in order to continue to promote professional standards for exhibit writing, design, and creation regardless of whether those exhibits are in a building or on a terminal screen.

T Kurt Knoerl
Managing Director 
The Museum of Underwater Archaeology

http://www.uri.edu/mua


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>  The definition of a museum as established by American Association of
>  Museums can be found at this link
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>  [LINK: http://www.aam-us.org/aboutmuseums/whatis.cfm]
>  http://www.aam-us.org/aboutmuseums/whatis.cfm
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>  Among the criteria for an accreditable museum, or a museum that meets the
>  highest professional operating standards are the care and documentation of
>  collections, of about 80% must be accessioned; and to carry out the
>  functions of a museum at a physical facility or site
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