<<<From: Ruffin, Carrie [mailto:[log in to unmask]]

I disagree.  I'm my mind, museums are any institution that supplies
information on topics through exhibition, example, and activities in order
to inform, educate, and entertain.  This does not require a collection
merely imagination and ingenuity.>>>


Then Disneyland is a museum.  Particularly in Tomorrowland (but also
elsewhere), there are plenty of rides and exhibits that teach/inform.  I've
seen things like exploring the workings of a cell, US geography, the physics
of excercise, issues in city planning, geological history of the earth, a
lecture by Abraham Lincoln, etc.

Robin

Robin K Panza                         [log in to unmask]
Collection Manager, Section of Birds          ph:  412-622-3255
Carnegie Museum of Natural History       fax: 412-622-8837
4400 Forbes Ave.
Pittsburgh  PA  15213-4008  USA

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