I've notice for several years as I've worked on grants, that 'Museum' seems
to be a broad term that includes history museums, art museums, natural
history museums, science museums, experience museums, zoos, arboretums,
botanical gardens, planetariums, etc.  So why not a museum with history as
the artifact?

Also, about a year and a half ago we had a feasibility study looking toward
a new, larger museum. The firm that did the study said 'museum' is becoming
an unpopular label.  People no longer want to visit a museum, they want a
'Center' or something else more catchy with lots of interactives, an IMAX,
and a few artifacts.  I disagreed.  Are they right?

Jerrie

Jerrie Clarke
Curator of Collections
Valdez Museum
http://www.alaska.net/~vldzmuse/index.html


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