Over a decade ago the Taos Historic Museums and the Harwood Museum of Art wrote a joint IMLS proposal to fund the Southwest Research Center of Northern New Mexico.  The SWRC combined the library and archival materials of the THM, HAR and the Millicent Rogers Museum into a non-circulating library. 

The SWRC is administered informally by the Museum Association of Taos, which includes the THM, HAR MRM, and the Taos Art Museum. 

We jointly fund the SWRC through in-kind donations (free rent, utilities, staff, etc.) and through the sale of our "combo" ticket. The combo ticket allows admission to all 5 of our museums (THM has 2 historic house museums) and is sold at all of our museums and at the Taos Visitor Center.  (MAT also does joint advertising and runs 2 programs for children.)

By combining our (meager!) resources we have been able to operate a library that is used by students and researchers from NM and across the US. At some future date (after a suitable building is completed), the SWRC is likely to become a special collection within the UNM-Taos library.

I hope this helps. Good luck
 
Morris Witten 
Executive DirectorTaos Historic Museums

Every calculation based on experience elsewhere fails in New Mexico.

~Lew Wallace


Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:07:40 -0500
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Museum Library Question
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Our museum is looking to update what we 
affectionately call our "library" into a facility that the public can use for 
research. Currently, it's just a storehouse of things we either don't have room 
for in out public collection or know what to do with. What I'm hoping you all 
can help us with is if anyone else out their has an "in-house" library or 
research space (genealogy, newspapers, etc) that would be willing to share their 
policy's for use or give use some advice on how to start this 
project.
 
Diane
 
Diane Hutsell
Executive Director
McMinn 
County Living Heritage Museum
PO Box 889
Athens, TN 
37303
423-745-0329
www.livingheritagemuseum.com
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