Here is a web site that will give you some tips. Most of the resources mentioned are print though some are on-line:
http://www.okmuseums.org/resources/starting-a-museum/
Your state association may have a lending library as well.
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Dane F. Pollei
Director
Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art
1900 W. MacArthur St.
Shawnee, OK 74804
ph 405-878-5622
fax 405-878-5133
www.mgmoa.org
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