John:

I try to maintain a file of museum definitions, which includes the current
ICOM and AAM definitions among others, together with a few
historic/literary ones.

        http://www.city.ac.uk/artspol/mus-def.html

Futher offerings are very welcome!

Patrick Boylan

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> John Chadwick wrote:
> >
> > I seem to remember that there is AAM had, at one time, amd maybe still
> > does, an official definition of a museum. It included a collection, public
> > access, regular hours, etc.
> >
> > Does anyone have a source for this definition?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > john chadwick
> >
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