Not necessarily true.  The George Washington University museum
studies program offers courses in non-profit fiscal management,
museum administration and managing people/managing projects.  While
certainly not as specialized as an MBA, some museum studies programs
are recognizing the value of adding administration courses to their
curriculum.

Laura Mahoney
Office of Sponsored Projects
Smithsonian Institution

>>> patricia l roath <[log in to unmask]> 01/07/97 11:02am >>>
Museum studies is more general in that it prepares students for
collections-based work, such as curatorial, exhibit, and collection/objects
management.  Museum studies does not prepare students to administrate
things like municipal performance groups, etc., as does arts admin.

Pat Roath
Elizabeth Sage Historic Costume Collection
Indiana University, Bloomington [log in to unmask]