The Billings Farm & Museum in Woodstock, Vermont is an operating partner with the adjacent Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Park sharing certain logistical functions. This is a relatively new arrangement (last five years) and would be worth checking into. Billings Farm & Museum http://www.billingsfarm.org/ Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Park http://www.nps.gov/mabi/ Good Luck! Garet Livermore Director of Education New York State Historical Association Cooperstown, NY -- On Thu, 14 Nov 20http:02 11:40:49 Richard Urban wrote: >Andrew, > >Talk to the folks at Philadelphia's Independence Vistors Center >http://www.independencevisitorcenter.org > >"The Independence Visitor Center Corporation is a Pennsylvania non-profit >501(c) 3 organization that operates the Visitor Center in cooperation with the >efforts of the National Park Service, the Greater Philadelphia Tourism >Marketing Corporation, Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau, the City >of Philadelphia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania." > >-Richard Urban >[log in to unmask] > >On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 14:29:15 -0500 Andrew Schuricht ><[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> I'm working on a project that is set up this >> way: The Las Vegas Valley >> Water District, which is a public utility, has >> provided funding and a site >> for the Las Vegas Springs Preserve, a 501c3. >> The Preserve is building a >> visitor center, a botanical garden and a system >> of interpretive trails on >> the site. They are set to open in 2005. >> >> To complicate matters, the Nevada State Museum, >> an agency of the State of >> Nevada, has received $35 million to build a new >> building on the Water >> District site adjacent to the Springs Preserve. >> It will probably not be >> open by 2005. >> >> The two institutions will share parking, public >> areas, some infrastructure >> and most likely the ticketing/entrance area. >> >> Can anybody think of examples of other >> institutions that have >> been "roommates" like this? I'm wondering about >> things like ticketing >> system sharing, public area maintenance >> policies and other business-type >> questions--and I need a brain to pick... >> >> Thanks, >> >> Andrew Schuricht >> Consultant >> Las Vegas Springs Preserve Project >> [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). > __________________________________________________________ Outgrown your current e-mail service? Get 25MB Storage, POP3 Access, Advanced Spam protection with LYCOS MAIL PLUS. http://login.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus&ref=lmtplus ========================================================= 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).