>With more communication and education of the runnings and funcionings
>of museum, the public would better understand what it takes to run a museum.
 
 
I wholeheartedly agree with this sentiment.   The trick is finding a
medium which allows people to explore the research aspects of museums
while simultaneously enjoying the exhibition aspects.  I have my own ideas
about what medias are effective in this regard.
 
I do think this arbitrary division promotes ideas that are very dangerous,
including a belief by the general public that scientists have all
the answers or cannot be wrong.
 
Cheers,
 
Robert Guralnick
Museum of Paleontology
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720
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