Hi, I'm one of those "lurkers" I see mentioned a lot :) The list is enjoyable and informative for me, and as a Museum Studies student it's proving an invaluable extracurricular tool!! Finals have brought me out of the Museum-L shadows to ask you all a question: I'm writing a final paper on the challenges and strategies associated with museums trying to broaden the diversity of their visitor, volunteer and employee constituencies. I would be very interested to hear about individual museums' experiences with this issue. Does your institution have a Diversity policy, or strategy/initiative? Are diversity issues common to all museums (regardless of type and/or geographical location)? Are museums finding successful strategies to broaden their visitor/volunteer/employee base, or are there other external issues that serve to make this a problem with no solution? Come to that, do all museums consider there is a "problem" in the first place? I would also be very keen to hear about individual programs museums are running to attract new social/racial/gender groups to their institutions; I can think of the 'Artful Adventures' program at the Boston MFA, for example. Thankyou very much in advance for your thoughts. Emma Heald Certificate Candidate, Harvard University Extension School [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).