According to Ken Yellis: > > On Wed, 4 Jan 1995 11:50:34 -0500, > Holly Trimper <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > >I'm curious: has there ever been a survey or inventory as to the type of > >museums and folks on this list? What I mean is, what percent of us > >museum-l-ers are natural history museum people, how many history, how many > >art, etc etc.? I realize that an exact count is impossible because people ..................> >sites. Only 9% natural history! Eek! I was wondering if those > > > Also, the numbers of museums say nothing about their relative sizes and, > therefore, staffing levels. Many natural history museums are huge -- ours > is midsized, I guess -- and some art museums are as well; a very large > number of history museums and especially historic sites, on the other hand, > have few or no paid staff. Nor do the numbers of museums say anything about the size of thecollections - maybe only 9% natural history museums - but these hold more than 50% of the collections in terms of quantity ... according to the AAM Museums Count data -- -- Paisley S. Cato, Ph.D. e-mail: [log in to unmask] Curator of Collections phone: 703-666-8634 Virginia Museum of Natural History fax: 703-632-6487 1001 Douglas Ave., Martinsville, VA 24112