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museum as a big museum. We have an annual found aof about 4.000.000.--=20
DM, a scientific staff of 8 people, a conservation departement of 4=20
professionells, two librarians and a one person middle management, two=20
people doing the administrations/bookkeeping (money only, no registrars -=
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we don't have that kind of people here), guards, cleaning people, a=20
house-warden,a director and perhaps 1.000.000 objects. We're not a small=20
museum, but never a big one. We are possibly comparable with that museum=20
on the Great Lakes a few mails before, b=A3t what makes a museum really a=
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Gerhard Dangel-Reese
Augustinermuseum Freiburg
Head of Computer Departement
Keeper of the Cabinet of Coins and Medalls
Keeper of Special Collections (Welte Collection)
Security Supervisor (What a pity, since two years and still going on)


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wrote:

> Operating budget, attendance, location, funding, etc. etc.,
> are all methods to determine a small museum from the larger
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> We have 22 buildings, 15 acres, but indeed, we are a small
> museum, with a small staff, small city (community support,)=20
> small (very small funding,) only 27,000 artifacts and
> 20,000 to 22,000 visitors a year.  Then with a small budget=20
> under $180,000. =20
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> Endowments and private funding also plays a factor in what are
> small museums.  Revenue also determine "large and small," at
> least in my opinion.
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> At 10:46 AM 5/20/96 -0400, you wrote:
> >>>Date:    Fri, 17 May 1996 03:33:05 -0400
> >>>From:    CinqD <[log in to unmask]>
> >>>Subject: Re: I want to know about smll museum.
> >>>
> >>>Hitoshi Yamamura,
> >>>
> >>>I work at a small museum, Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society,
> >>>Buffalo, New York, USA.  The museum was established in 1863, our
> >>>collection has approximately 100 thousand artifacts and 150 thousand
> >>>library items.  We have 14 full time staff members (40-50 hours per we=
ek),
> >>>4 part timers (17 hours) and 50-75 well trained volunteers.
> >>
> >>Hello all,  my question is this...  What is the general consensus as to=
 the
> >>criteria for calling yourself a "small" museum, a "medium" museum, or a
> >>"large" museum?  We have 3,000 artifacts (including books and documents=
),
> >>one full-time permanent staff member, 1 full-time temporary staff membe=
r, 2
> >>temporary half-time staff members, and occasionally a university studen=
t
> >>will volunteer a few hours.  We have a one room gallery of 1,324 sq.ft.
> >
> >Hear, hear! We have approx 7,000 objects, at least 7,000 costumes, a
> >permanent display room approx 60 x 30 plus cases in other locations, and
> >run (limp?) with one part time director and a handful of volunteers and
> >work-study students.
> >
> >
> >Ivy Fleck Strickler                     Phone 215-895-1637
> >Drexel University                       Fax 215-895-4917
> >Nesbitt College of Design Arts          [log in to unmask]
> >Philadelphia, PA 19104
> >
> >"Never forget that life is like a Fellini movie, and you're getting to s=
ee
> >it for free=8A"
> >
> >
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> Work: Fort Walla Walla Museum   **   School: Norwich University (VT)
> 755 Myra Rd                                                     =09
> Walla Walla, WA  99364          (509) 525-7703 (Work)
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