Look at : Barry & Gail Dexter LORD: 'The Manual of Museum Planning' (London, The Stationery Office, 2nd ed., 1999) You can contact the author via the website of Lord Cultural Resources Planning and Management (Toronto): http://www.lord.ca. They also did research on the costs of collecting and of museum planning. Adriaan Linters KLEIO heritage consultants Vlamingstraat 4 B-8560 Wevelgem Flanders - Belgium T: (+32)56.253373 - (+32)496.377791 F: (+32)56.417636 http://www.conservare.be/kleio/ At 10:15 21/04/00 -0400, you wrote: >Does anyone out there have any good suggestions for researching >architectural planning in museums? Specifically looking for information >related to costs (construction and long term per sq. foot in different >museum spaces - galleries, storage, educational facilities, physical >plant, etc) and size comparisons between exhibition and storage spaces, >etc.. Square footage comparisons to collection size, planning for >growth, etc.. I am looking for literature and/or data, not consultants. >Thank you. >Bill Low >[log in to unmask] > >========================================================= >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). ========================================================= 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).