The Bloomington and Monroe County Convention and Visitors' Bureau has a
case (not a museum) to which 7 area museums contributed a couple of
objects.  Members of a promotional consortium of the museums arranged
the objects in the case.  It is a permanent case; the objects change
occasionally (roughly annyally).  The Bureau does not have collections
 of its own., but exhibits work by area artists and craftspeople.  They
have had many positive responses to both.

Pat Roath
Elizabeth Sage Historic Costume Collection
Indiana University, Bloomington
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On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Diane Forsberg wrote:

> Does anyone know of  a Convention and Visitors Bureau that has a museum or
> permanent exhibition in the same building?  The Clayton County Convention
> and Visitors Bureau has moved to Jonesboro's old train depot.  They are
> renting their space from  Historical Jonesboro Inc. and want to open a
> museum in the portion of the depot they do not use for offices, the
> visitors center and gift shop.  The proposed  exhibition space is 1500
> square feet. The audience they have in mind includes local adults, tourists
> and school groups.  They are also thinking of renting the "museum" space out
> for special events to help raise money to operate the new space.  Any ideas,
> warnings or information about similar arrangements would be appreciated.
>