Well, two months later I have the compiled results of the informal survey I took of small museums. They are pasted below. Thank you again for all of your help. With this and the responses I received to my query about programming plans, I was able to put together a plan that was well received by our administration. What a great group of colleagues I have. Small Museums Survey (Conducted online on the Museums listserv and the Museum Educators listserv in March 2004 by Julie Holcomb, College and Special Collections Archivist) 1. Annual attendance: a. <2500 1 b. 2500 to 4999 4 c. 5000 to 7499 4 d. 7500 to 10,000 14 e. 10,000 + 2 2. Types of tours offered: a. Self-guided 22 b. Docent led 24 c. Audio 0 d. All of the above 0 3. Do you offer special events at your museum? Yes – 25; No – 0 If yes, how many? One to ten – 14; Eleven to twenty – 8; Twenty-one to forty – 3 4. Do you charge for special events? Yes – 4; No – 14; Depends on event – 7 If your museum charges admission, does the price include admission? Yes – 4; No – 6 5. Do you rotate exhibits or hold special exhibitions? Yes – 25 How many times per year? One to five – 22; six to ten – 2; more than 10 – 1 Designed in-house or contracted out or a combination? In-house – 12; Contracted – 10; Combination – 3 Do you use items from your collection, borrow from other institutions, or both? Own collections – 18; Borrow – 4; Both - 3 6. Do you offer supplementary activities such as games boxes, or other activities that can be completed in the museum? Yes – 20; No – 5 7. Are other types of activities offered by your museum such as book signings, etc.? Yes – 18; No – 7 What kinds of activities are offered? Lectures, gallery talks, preservation fairs, summer history camps, candlelight tours, book signings, Girl Scout programs, pre-school programs, art activities,once-a-month adult activities, school activities -- Julie Holcomb, MLIS, CA College and Special Collections Archivist Pearce Collections at Navarro College Navarro College Archives 3100 W. Collin St. Corsicana, Texas 75110 Phone: 903-875-7438 ~ Fax: 903-875-7593 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Internet: http://www.pearcecollections.us/ or http://www.navarrocollege.edu/library/archives/ "Men make their own history, but they do not make it just as they please; they do not make it under circumstances chosen by themselves, but under circumstances directly found, given, and transmitted from the past. The tradition of all the dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brain of the living." Karl Marx, The Eighteenth Brumaire ========================================================= 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).