Hi, all. I have heard of the Smithsonian doing things like this with their collections, though I don't know how formalized it is. A museum I worked for had a collection of toys that were on 'permanent loan' (I think that was the terminology) from the Smithsonian. The Smithsonian still held the title to the toys, but the museum where I worked stored and cared for them. I suspect this is more true for biological, archeaological and anthropological specimens because all things collected, excavated, etc. on federal property belong to the federal government, i.e. the Smithsonian. I imagine that a lot of these specimens are in museums closer to where they were found, rather than in Washington, DC. I hope this helps. I have also enjoyed the spirited Rudy Guliani debate. Keep up the good work. -Chris Godbold >From: Felicia Liss <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Object Sharing >Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 11:42:49 -0500 > >I have had some interesting discussions recently about the number of >museums that keep popping up around the country (science, art, history, >etc.). Before "issue based" exhibits and museums, these institutions were >primarily "object based" (I realize we could debate this point to, but it >is not my question). > >There are not enough objects for all the museums that are being >created. While museums often loan objects to other institutions for >exhibitions, I was wondering if museums have developed an "object share" >program. For example, a large institution often can not display all their >collections at once. Do these institutions have programs with smaller >museums to "store" and "display" their artworks? If you know of programs >like this, please let me know. > >Many thanks, >Felicia > >Felicia Liss >Museum Education Specialist >Lee H. Skolnick Architecture + Design Partnership >7 West 22nd Street >New York, New York 10010 >(212) 989-2624, ext. 308 >Fax (212) 727-1702 > >Visit us at www.skolnick.com _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.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).