what about the legal issue? (the legal definition of a museum, what a museum must do to continue as a museum for taxes etc) a museum must have some educational component in order to continue as a non-profit institution, correct? so that's something to throw out there. But then again, we now have for-profit museums, so where do they fit in, and yet, aren't they just as educational? does the legal definition explicitly name exhibits or collections, permanent or temporary, as prerequisites?
don't really have the brain power to answer the questions at this point in the semester, but thought i'd throw out the "sub-threads" and see what comes of them!
beth