On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Alistair Kwan wrote:

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> There is also a sense in which tours of factories and workshops are
> making them simultaneously museums, often with marketing in mind.  The
> woodcarving workshops of Firenze and the glass workshops of Murano are
> two examples that spring to mind.  Confectionary shops and bakeries that
> provide a view to the active kitchens are more common, and small-scale,
> examples - and the man tossing circles of dough in the pizzeria window.
>

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The term "economusee" (or "economuseum" in English) has been created (and
patented!) by some people in Quebec for such museums which operate
specifically in what they term the the economic sector (hence the name)
rather than the non-profit sector through e.g. manufacturing products or
providing services in a traditional way like this.  However, on this basis
many non-profits are at least in part operating as "economusees" (e.g.
those producing and selling traditional craft goods - like very many open
air/historic village museums.)


Patrick Boylan

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