Add the Corning Glass Museum among numerous others. Ross Weeks Jr. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alistair Kwan" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 7:15 PM Subject: Re: HOT NEWS ON MUSEUM DEFINITIONS - PROPOSED NEW ICOM(INTERNATIONALCOUNCIL OF MUSEUMS) DEFINITION > Susan Wageman wrote: > > > > lara anne taylor wrote: > > > > > > Is there such a thing as a for-profit museum? > > > > Yes. A number of for profit entities support museums related to > > their operations. Ones I know of are the Motorola Museum, the > > Intel Museum, and Cranberry World. > > > > There is also a sense in which tours of factories and workshops are > making them simultaneously museums, often with marketing in mind. The > woodcarving workshops of Firenze and the glass workshops of Murano are > two examples that spring to mind. Confectionary shops and bakeries that > provide a view to the active kitchens are more common, and small-scale, > examples - and the man tossing circles of dough in the pizzeria window. > > -------------------------------------------------------- > Alistair Kwan > [log in to unmask] / [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).