I would be *extremely* surprised if any museum has an
ongoing bus subsidy program as you speak of. There may
be one or two special cases out there, but this has
not really become an issue until now. The assumption
has always been that the school district [which has
firm funding from the taxpayers] is responsible for
this expense.

And, I cannot imagine that any but the largest museums
in the largest cities could afford to offer such a
program. And, even for these museums, it would still
take a special grant, as your new docent has
suggested, to make such a program viable.

If you dare to mention your docent's foundation
affiliation, I am sure that foundation will suddenly
be flooded with grant applications from museums
subscribed to MUSEUM-L !!!

gaw

--- Keni Sturgeon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 08:29:21 -0400 
From: "Keni Sturgeon" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Subsidizing Buses 
To: [log in to unmask] 

> Hello All,
> 
> One of my new docents happens to sit on the board of
> a foundation that funds educational opportunities
> for children.  He is interested in helping us
> underwrite some of the costs of buses for field
> trips.  I am hoping that some on this list offer
> such subsidies and if so, would you please let me
> know how much of the bus cost you fund and has this
> helped to increase your school attendance?
> 
> Thanks,
> Keni Sturgeon
> Curator of Programs and Education
> Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology
> 300 Tower Street
> Bristol, RI 02809

gaw

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