from the LA Times (OC edition), 4/13/2000...

<snip>"Our curators are not as much collection-based as traditional
museums once were," he said.  "The focus is on major exhibitions and we
have gone to bringing in guest curators in that are usually
world-renowned experts on that specific subject for each exhibit."<snip>

The museum in question (that's the director talking), with a staff of
about 50 and a collection of about 75,000 artifacts relating either to
California history or Pacific Rim (& African) cultural and folk art, had
three curators in 1995, and has one now...

I am wondering if this museum will still be a museum when it has no
curators and no collection?  What do you folks think?
--
Timothy L. Campbell
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