I instinctively agree that it is information that computers are good at conveying, and we may be treading a problem-ridden path in providing images. However, the many on-line research library catalogs provide the information services that have been described in this discussion. Need to look up an obscure artist? or a particular period in decorative arts? or a historical reference?: Try the NY public library on-line catalog; similarly with most other research questions. The library community has been doing this for years and have refined it to a considerable degree. So, what kind of information should the museum put on line? I seem finally to agree with whoever it was who said: Museums should put on line whatever information works best to bring people into the museum, where they can gain contact with the actual object. Of course, text and bibliographic information about objects is wonderful as well. Maybe (sorry for thinking out loud rather than thinking first and writing later) what would be most useful is some sort of object-based research information on line, so that specific curatorial information about a given exhibition or collection object is available to remote "visitors" or researchers. This would be organized around the object, and accessible from that point of view, rather than the general research questions handled best by libraries. Eric Siegel [log in to unmask]