Now, I may sound a tad bitter, but I think it is a case of the gallery
allegedly elite looking down at we dirty nailed museum folk.

Harry

"Dark-brow'd sophist, come not anear:
 All the place is holy ground."

              -Tennyson, "The Poet's Mind" , 1830

Harry Needham, M.A., CFE, etc.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Deroux" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 3:26 PM
Subject: definition of museum


> In light of the ongoing discussion on the definition of museum, does
anyone
> care to comment on why the British and Canadians tend to use the term "art
> gallery" where we in the U.S. would use the term "museum"?
>
> Kenneth DeRoux
> Curator of Museum Services
> Alaska State Museum
> 395 Whittier Street
> Juneau, AK 99801
> (907) 465-2396
> [log in to unmask]
> www.museums.state.ak.us
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