City of Bowie Museums Division is a five-site municipal system operated by
the city, with a strong local history focus at most of the sites.
http://www.cityofbowie.org/comserv/museums.htm.

Also, I am conducting a session at the CEO Roundtables at AAM in New
Orleans about the unique structure and operation of local- and state-
operated museums, given that they do not fall into the traditional
definition of a museum with a non-profit board and staff.  I have been
looking at comparable city-operated museums and find there is a surprising
number of medium to very small city and county institutions throughout the
country - truly a large constituency that needs to be addressed for its
special needs.

Stephen Patrick
Director
City of Bowie Museums

(some of my immediate colleagues: Greenbelt Museum, Greenbelt MD; Office
of Historic Alexandria, Alexa. VA; Manassas Museum, Manassas, VA; Jonathan
Hager House, Hagerstown, MD; Baltimore City's Commission for Historical
and Architectural Preservation's Poe House; Valentine Museum in Richmond,
VA; Bluemont Historical Railway Junction, Arlington, VA.)

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