On Tue, 6 Aug 1996, Susan Wageman wrote:

> AAM 's definition does permit museums without collections, however they
> must "utilize tangilbe objects, care for them and exhibit them to the
> public on some regular schedule." This covers hands-on museums such as
> many children's museums and science centers that do not collect objects
> in the traditional sense.
>

Susan left out one very important word. The AAM definition of museums was
slightly changed from "...owns *and* utilizes tangible objects..." to owns
*or* utilizes tangible objects..." This accomodates non-collecting
institutions.
Pat Miller


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