How about "micro-museums?"
Ross
Historic Crab Orchard Museum & Pioneer Park
Tazewell, Va.
http://histcrab.netscope.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robyne Miles" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 1:48 PM
Subject: Re: Do You Work For A Small Museum?


> I once heard a wonderful description that went something like: a small
> museum is a place where the Executive Director frequently takes on garbage
> and vacuuming duties.
>
> I'd say, if you wear at least 3 different hats, have less than 10,000
square
> feet, and a 6 figure budget, odds are you are a small museum.
>
> Robyne
>
> PS- we should maybe think about defining both medium and tiny museums,
too!
> ha, ha.
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> > From: Anne Hartmann <[log in to unmask]>
> > Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]>
> > Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 09:54:17 -0500
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Do You Work For A Small Museum?
> >
> > Can you define "small" please?
> >
> >
> >
> > Anne E. Hartmann
> > Executive Director
> > Maine Discovery Museum
> > 74 Main St.
> > Bangor, ME 04401
> >
> > Phone:  (207) 262-7200
> > Fax:  (207) 947-6281
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> > Behalf Of Hanover, Lisa
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 4:58 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Do You Work For A Small Museum?
> >
> >
> > Thanks, Janice, for all of these good resources.  Way to get the word
out!
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Janice Klein [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 12:23 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Do You Work For A Small Museum?
> >
> >
> > If you do, then you should know about a number of other resources that
can
> > provide support!
> >
> > First, the American Association of Museums has a Small Museum
Administrators
> > Committee that is part of their Council of Standing Professional
Committees.
> > SMAC sponsors sessions at the AAM Annual Meeting and publishes a
newsletter.
> > It also serves as the national advocate for small museums (and their
> > distinctive needs) within the museum profession.  For more information
you
> > can contact me (see below).
> >
> > There is also a Small Museum Association based in Maryland with
membership
> > primarily in the Mid-Atlantic area.  They hold a two-day annual
conference
> > in February and have a message board  at
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> > The Midwest Museums Association has a Small Museum Administrators
Committee
> > (contact the MMC Executive Director David Tanner at
[log in to unmask]
> > for more information) as does the Mountain-Plains Museum Association
> > (contact MPMA SMAC chair Robert Brown, Executive Director of the Museums
at
> > Fort Missoula, at [log in to unmask] for more information).
> >
> > The AAM SMAC annual meeting will be in Dallas during the AAM annual
meeting
> > on Tuesday, May 14 at 12 noon (see the AAM Annual Meeting program on how
to
> > register).
> >
> > janice
> >
> > Janice Klein
> > Interim Chair, SMAC
> > Director, Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, Kendall College
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