There are many fine museums on university campuses that serve academic
interests and yet rarely have visitors.   Historically, from that "first
day" a museum was born, I believe it existed to maintain & study a
collection, e.g., the Ashmolean at Oxford University.  In this day and age,
the Ashmolean has numerous visitors...but hasn't really changed its
original purpose, so far as I know.

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> From: Rachid <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: How important is the Visitor?
> Date: Monday, February 23, 1998 4:16 PM
>
> I beleve if there are no more visitors, why or what will be the
> importance of museum?
> Visitors are the expectation of one museum, without them, the museum is
> a vacuum place.
>
> regards
>
> rachid