>>> John Marks <[log in to unmask]> 10/17/06 6:58 AM
>>>
Designing museums seems to be a battle between the employees who 
know what they need and architects, administrators and funders who want

a pretty building.  

Amen!!  We had constant battles for  years, fighting for functional
design vs. what the architect wanted to give us.  We've been in our new
building for almost a year, and we're still going through renovations to
make the space work (including enlarging a 10' loading dock door to 15',
because as built it was too small).

It's always cheaper to build it right once rather than having to
re-build an element that wasn't designed with how it will be used in
mind.  We were able to win some battles in the design phase with this
argument--others, we're paying for now.



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Tim McShane, Assistant--Cultural History
Esplanade Museum
401 First Street SE
Medicine Hat, AB   T1A 8W2
Tel: (403) 502-8587
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