What a great idea.... Here's the web site of just such an organization... http://www.io.com/~tam/smanet/home.html Sorry to burst your bubble. And they used to call themselves PLASMA for "Pretty loose association of state museum associations" Diane G. On Tue, 22 Apr 2003 17:27:08 -0400, Jeremy T. Chrabascz <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Does anyone think that there would be support for starting a National >Association of State Museums (or State Museums Association)? That is, an >association dedicated to "STATE" or municipal museums. NOT an association >of all of the museums within a state like the Association of Indiana >Museums, Wisconsin Federation of Museums, Illinois Association of Museums, >Conference of State Museum Associations etc. > ========================================================= 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).