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 [log in to unmask] http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/8189 ========================================================= 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).