Look at :

Barry & Gail Dexter LORD: 'The Manual of Museum Planning' (London, The
Stationery Office, 2nd ed., 1999)
You can contact the author via the website of Lord Cultural Resources
Planning and Management (Toronto): http://www.lord.ca. They also did
research on the costs of collecting and of museum planning.

Adriaan Linters
KLEIO heritage consultants
Vlamingstraat 4
B-8560  Wevelgem
Flanders - Belgium
T: (+32)56.253373 - (+32)496.377791
F: (+32)56.417636
http://www.conservare.be/kleio/


At 10:15 21/04/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Does anyone out there have any good suggestions for researching
>architectural planning in museums? Specifically looking for information
>related to costs (construction and long term per sq. foot in different
>museum spaces - galleries, storage, educational facilities, physical
>plant, etc) and size comparisons between exhibition and storage spaces,
>etc.. Square footage comparisons to collection size, planning for
>growth, etc.. I am looking for literature and/or data, not consultants.
>Thank you.
>Bill Low
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