Hello.... This is the first time that I participate in this discussion! I'd just like express some toughts: Humankind tradition are not cultural heritage!? A music and it´s lyrics aren't cultural heritage!? How do we touch them!? Don't you agree that a place that explain to the next generation the causes of the worldwide imigration, or the causes of the holocaust, even without using objects, can be a museum!? Can a concept (like Concept art for instance) have a place that explains is meaning to others, and other cultures!? I confess that my traditional understanding of museums as a place that have to collect objects belongs to the past! At the same time i doesn't agree that any place, for any reason, can be called a museum. Comunication, collecting humam material and imaterial evidence, natural heritage, their conservation and understanding are the main themes for a museum definition. Best Regards Alexandre Matos www.museusportugal.org -----Original Message----- From: Perkko Mariliina [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: terça-feira, 7 de Outubro de 2003 19:38 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: VS: Definition of a Museum Hei I strongly agree with Milton Bloch's opinion. What is a museum without collections? Nothing. Mariliina (Mariliina Perkko) -----Alkuperainen viesti----- Lahettaja: Milton Bloch [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Lahetetty: 7. lokakuuta 2003 18:24 Vastaanottaja: [log in to unmask] Aihe: Re: Definition of a Museum Gary, I like the gerneral approach for its directness and simplicity but "...and often objects..."??? Isn't this a bit like saying that a vegetable market it a nutritional outlet that has stalls, awnings and often vegetables. Museums without objects are clearly the exception and their status is still a matter to be resolved. It seems to me that collections of objects are at the very heart of what makes museum education unique and therefore they deserve a far stonger position in the definition. Milton (Milton Bloch) >>> [log in to unmask] 10/07/03 10:50AM >>> Colleagues: The following is one of the definition that has been suggested. What are your thoughts about this idea. Does it adequately describe a "museum," or is it too broad, too limiting, too inclusive, or too exclusive? A MUSEUM IS AN EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES THE PUBLIC BY INTERPRETING SCIENTIFIC, CULTURAL AND/OR NATURAL HERITAGE THROUGH THE USE OF A PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT AND OFTEN OBJECTS. MUSEUMS THAT HOLD COLLECTIONS CARE FOR THEM AS A PUBLIC TRUST AND PRESERVE THEM FOR THE FUTURE. Gary Edson - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Change ICOM-L subscription options, unsubscribe, and search the archives at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/icom-l.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Change ICOM-L subscription options, unsubscribe, and search the archives at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/icom-l.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Change ICOM-L subscription options, unsubscribe, and search the archives at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/icom-l.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Change ICOM-L subscription options, unsubscribe, and search the archives at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/icom-l.html