Our inhouse tradition is to capitalize it. The National Postal Museum becomes the Museum in later references within paragraphs.
Nancy
Nancy A. Pope
Historian
National Postal Museum
Smithsonian Institution
2 Massachusetts Ave., N.E.
PO Box 37012, MRC-570
Washington, DC 20013-7012
202-633-5526
202-633-9393 (fax)
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I agree with this explanation for capitalizing the M in museum when it is
used to indicate your museum's proper name. It is your museum's name in a
shortened version. However, if the word "museum" is not a part of your
museum's proper name, I do not think a capital M is appropriate. At least
that is the way I am addressing the situation at my place of employment.
Denise Lajetta, MA
Associate Curator
Kluge-Ruhe Collection of Aboriginal Art, UVA
400 Worrell Drive (PANTOPS)
Charlottesville, VA 22911
tel. 434.244.0234
fax 434.244.0235
http://www.virginia.edu/kluge-ruhe/
At 12:21 PM 11/3/2005, you wrote:
>Pamela:
>
>Most of the places I've worked do as you've suggested, lowercase m for
>general museums ("an alliance of local museums") and uppercase when using
>the word "museum" to replace the museum's official name.
>
>I believe this is a matter of style preference, but should defnitely be
>consistently applied throughout the museum's publications.
>
>Cheers / Angélique Weger
>
>
>
>On 11/3/05, Pamela Elbe <<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>I have a slightly off-topic question for everyone in museumland: When
>replacing the proper name of your museum with the phrase "the museum" (as
>in "the museum is wheelchair accessible") do you capitalize the "m" in
>museum or not? Is there an absolute right or wrong, or is it just a style
>preference? I am of the thought that it is a style preference. We've
>generally capitalized the "m" but currently have a volunteer designing a
>new brochure for us and she that we shouldn't capitalize the "m" because
>we're "not the Vatican." Anyone have any input/feelings on the matter?
>
> In a related question, how many museums have style sheets or guides, and
> if you have one would you be willing to share it?
>
>
>
>Thanks much in advance!
>
>
>
>
>
>Pamela Elbe
>
>Collections Manager and Archivist
>
>National Museum of American Jewish Military History
>
>1811 R St. NW, Washington DC 20009
>
>p: 202.265.6280 x201
>
>f: 202.462.3192
>
><http://www.nmajmh.org/>http://www.nmajmh.org
>
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