Dear Roger Wulff,

I refrained joining the list, since I am very busy these days with the war
in Kosovo, since I work in Makedonija for the European Union on cultural
development. And mails about that area are going into hundreds a day.

But, I do have to answer from Vienna, Austria, this time. I also do advise
museums or assist in creating new ones, since I was a museum director of a
technology museum and of an art museum.

I do think, it would be more wise to break down the cost of a museum study
in stead of stating, it will cost US $ 100.000 or less. There are do
different needs that this figure might give a wrong impression.

One Austrian museum director asked for my assistance with the words:
"Currently, our museum is doing very well, no major problems seem to lurk
around, we have a lot of visitors, a nice collection etc. But I do want to
think anti-cyclically: At such a nice moment, we should revise and think
about the future and not wait for possible automatic and unnoticed
deterioration." And out came just a professional study in cooperation with
interviews with the employees, assessing the galleries with designers and
historians etc. on how to change the objectives, how to go to newer horizons
etc. And this study was done with "just" US $ 10.000,-. Nobody from the
inside could have done it; they needed someone with practical experience
from the outside. And it helped.

Greetings from spring-time Vienna,

Peter, the studious Rebernik

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Von: Roger Wulff <[log in to unmask]>
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An: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Datum: Samstag, 10. April 1999 18:37
Betreff: Re: feasibility study


>Dear Ms. Allen:
>
>In regards to museum feasibility studies, one important thing to
>consider is the reputation of the persons/firm doing the study with
>outside potential funding sources/organizations.  In other words, how
>realistic are the stated financial figures?
>
>This is the reason MSI always requests a firm such as Arthur Andersen to
>be a part of our planning team.  The costs of such a Feasibility Study
>should be in the area of $ 100,000.00 or under - depending upon the
>complexity of the study.
>
>If we may be of service, please E Mail me.
>
>Kind Regards
>
>Roger Wulff
>
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