Tamara;

There is GREAT variation in the practices of museums offering travelling
exhibitions.

We have more than 135 partnerships with museums in different countries,
mostly small museums and historical sites and mostly in Canada. We believe
that one of the functions of an allegedly national museum is to extend a
helping hand to other institutions. ONE of the ways in which we have begun
to do this is to develop a series of small travelling exhibitions, which we
offer to our partners. From a standing start a year ago, we will have 7 such
exhibitions on the road by the fall.

The only cost to borrowing institutions is the insurance and shipping
charge, both ways, and as most such exhibitions are small and primarily
two-dimensional, this isn't much. Where several museums in a certain area
get together to pass one of our exhibitions from one to the other, costs are
reduced considerably.

We do not intend that these will ever pay for themselves. We see it as a
service we should be providing.

Harry

Harry Needham
Special Advisor - Programme Development
Canadian War Museum
330 Sussex Drive,
Ottawa, Canada
K1A 0M8
Voice: (819) 776-8612  Fax (819) 776-8623
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> From:         Tamara Starke[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Reply To:     Museum discussion list
> Sent:         Tuesday, February 23, 1999 1:30 PM
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> Subject:      Question--travelling exhibitions
>
> I am not in the museum industry so I hope someone can help answer a
> question I have. Do museums who host and/or develop travelling
> exhibitions ever make money on the project (excluding blockbusters)?
> What kinds of costs are associated with these--how much might a host
> museum pay for such an exhibit?  What kinds of benefits would the lending
> institution experience?
>
> Thanks for your help!
> Tamara Starke
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