In article <v04003a08b13d76c44733@[198.59.157.11]>, John Chadwick
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>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.

In case it is of interest, the definition used by the UK Museums and
Galleries Commission as a requirement for its museum registration scheme
is the one adopted by the UK Museums Association in 1984:

        "A museum is an institution which collects, documents,
        preserves, exhibits and interprets material evidence and
        associated information for the public benefit"

Each of the terms in this definition is expanded in a series of notes in
the MGC's "Registration guidelines" document dated 1995.

Leonard Will
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