Gary,
I like the gerneral approach for its directness and simplicity but
"...and often objects..."???  
Isn't this a bit like saying that a vegetable market it a nutritional outlet that has stalls, awnings and often vegetables.    Museums without objects are clearly the exception and their status is still a matter to be resolved.  It seems to me that collections of objects are at the very heart of what makes museum education unique and therefore they deserve a far stonger position in the definition.
Milton 
(Milton Bloch)





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Colleagues:

The following is one of the definition that has been suggested. What are
your thoughts  about this idea. Does it adequately describe a "museum," or
is it too broad, too limiting, too inclusive, or too exclusive?


A MUSEUM IS AN EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES THE PUBLIC BY
INTERPRETING SCIENTIFIC, CULTURAL AND/OR NATURAL HERITAGE THROUGH
THE USE OF A PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT AND OFTEN OBJECTS. MUSEUMS THAT
HOLD COLLECTIONS CARE FOR THEM AS A PUBLIC TRUST AND PRESERVE THEM
FOR THE FUTURE.

Gary Edson

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