Erin,
As curator/site supervisor at an historic site, I have responsibilities
almost identical to yours, with the exception of having a part-time
educator to help run the programs. We have about 10,000 square feet,
but this is an 18th century mansion and everything counts as gallery
space, as vignettes are staged in every room. We have (at the moment)
two full-time staff and one part-time (not including our maintenance
man). Our full staffing would be for the site supervisor and curator to
be two separate positions, a full-time office support/interpreter and
the part-time educator. Even in this case, the curator has full
responsibility for collections care, research and exhibits for our site.
Our budget for exhibitions is directly related to the amount of
donations brought in, never more than a few thousand dollars annually.
We do virtually all of our production in-house for individual exhibits.
We use a professional printer for our annual calendar of events, but
print our own press releases and event posters. Hope that helps, but it
might just be depressing!
Greg
Pottsgrove Manor Historic Site
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Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 11:31 AM
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] exhibit employees : gallery size
As curator at a medium-sized county historical society in the Midwest, I
am responsible for seeing exhibits through from conception to
installation (all in-house). Probably needless to say, I also take care
of the artifact collection and process donations; in addition, I
organize and oversee two major week-long programs annually (children's
field trips and off-site historic building openings during the county
fair).
Our museum has approximately 8,000 square feet of gallery space. I am
the only employee responsible for exhibits.
I would like to know what other institutions exhibit-related employees
to gallery square footage ratio is. A note about your institution's
exhibit budget and the amount of production done in-house (and what work
tends to be out-sourced) would also be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for your help!
Erin
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