Agreed!!!  All musuems should have a Friends association, instead
of calling them . . . "the volunteers".  They are part of the team,
part of the staff, and play a vital role in the functioning of any
musuem (even artichoke museums!!)

At 02:07 PM 5/26/96 GMT, you wrote:
>As a responsable for a small museum in Portugal, I think this subject has not
>been discussed enough.
>Goups of volunteers normaly called "Friends of the museum" or any similar
>denomination, play a very
>important role in the museum's activities. Anyway they must be treated with
>particular sensibility. They
>are volunteers, they do it for pleasure and to keep a good atmosphere in the
>group is of great importance.
>I am now trying to organize such a group and would be very nice to discuss this
>subject.Comments,
>suggestions of how to start and how to keep it  going would be fantastic...
>
>Emanuel
>
>

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