Date Sent:  2-JAN-1996 08:24:30.93
RE: Your communication of Thu, 28 Dec 1995 13:41:25 GMT

 >We are having another problem with the government closure of facilities:
 >people think we are closed and we are not even a Federal agency!!!

 >Patriots Point is an agency of the State of South Carolina.
 [Snip]
 >However, apparently a large sector of the public is under the impression that
 >we are closed or on limited hours because of the Federal budget crisis.  Our
 >switchboard has been hit with dozens of calls each day asking if we are open
 >(or what our restricted hours are) and it is really hard for us to quantify
 >how many visitors we are losing from people who do not even bother to call. .
 >.

We are suffering from the same problem. I mean, I CAN understand some confusion
with a name like Patriots Point.... but the Los Angeles COUNTY Museum of
Art...Now, while its true that L.A. County is larger than 11 European
Governments (or so goes the tail).


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