Most Army Museums are manned by either Federal civil servants who work for the installation or organization commander. In the case of the National Guard, they may be state employees of National Guardsmen on active duty paid by the state. In most cases their are foundations or historical societies that also may hire employees. In Califonia, the employees are paid by the California State Military Museum Foundation. In the case of the Navy Historical Center, most of the staff were uniformed sailors while the historians were Federal civil service. But, right downstairs was the Naval Historical Foundation which does considerable amounts of work for the NHC. The are all civilian employees of the foundation, although most are retired or reserve Navy. Dan Sebby US Army Museum Activity, California ========================================================= 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).