I hope that one would not use the number of exhibits as the only criteria
for any such evaluation of salaries.  A university museum should be
engaged in research and teaching as well as the creation of public
programmes including exhibits as well as developing and maintaining of
relations with the communities it is integrated with.  In all of these it
is the quality that counts and not the quantity.


On Thu,
24 Jul 1997, Bonni-Dara Michaels wrote:

> Mr. Dill - while "standards" may have a down side, there appear to be some
> advantages.  Do you think that, for example, that a curator in a
> university museum with an annual budget of $500,000 which initiates 5
> changing exhibitions a year should be compensated at the same level as a
> curator in a university museum with an annual budget of $100,000 which
> mounts one travelling exhibition a year?  Averaging both together is what
> enables board members to select a "mid range" salary for one's position
> and come up with $15,000/year as a reasonable figure.
>
> Bonni-Dara Michaels
>

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