For the sake of historical accuracy, you should stick with the original name. Someone, later, might want to go back and look at the history of collecting in your museum. AF Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 12:19:41 -0500 From: [log in to unmask] Subject: Museum Name Change and Wall Label Credits MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=us-ascii We are curious to find out if there are other museums that have changed their names and how credit has been given to objects in your collections that were obtained under the earlier name. If, for instance, the object was obtained under the "Madison Art Center Purchase Fund", have you also changed the credit on the wall label to "The New Museum Name Purchase Fund" after the name change? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Michael Paggie Business Manager Madison Art Center 211 State St. Madison, WI 53703 v: 608-257-0158 f: 608-257-5722 e: [log in to unmask] http://www.madisonartcenter.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anna Fariello, Curatorial InSight, Box 505, Christiansburg VA 24068 www.curatorialinsight.com; 540-382-3946; [log in to unmask] Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA 24061-0227 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ========================================================= 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).