To Rebecca Leuchak Re. Women in Museums In 1986, The Smithsonian ran a conference called "Women's Changing Roles in Museums" and at that point there was a Museum Reference Center bibliography on "Women in Museums". They have probably updated this by now. Also, there was a Women's Council with the following phone number (202)357-4008. Hope this is helpful! Kathrine Walker, Beach Art Museum, Kansas State On Sun, 29 Oct 1995, Automatic digest processor wrote: > There are 21 messages totalling 656 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. Marvelous Microbes > 2. PACIOLI LUCA > 3. gloves > 4. Julian Calendar > 5. Underresented > 6. Re[2]: Underresented > 7. Summer Internships? > 8. Chocolate Museums? (2) > 9. S'more remarks on campfire cuisine, etc. > 10. comparative camping exhibits? > 11. Food for thought > 12. Multimedia in Europe > 13. Sharkskin Sword Handles > 14. Good astronomy exhibits out there? > 15. Software and scanning (2) > 16. Women and careers in Museums > 17. Buildings Exhibit > 18. ENTRY PRICES & IMAX > 19. Visitor Service/Guest Relations Managers > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 07:47:21 -0400 > From: Lois Brynes <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Marvelous Microbes > > The New England Science Center [NESC] is developing a rather unusual=20 > new program for our Planetarium. From the perspective(s) of Planetary > Evolution, we will be visiting inner as well as outer space, > using a section of our dome as a Microcosmium. > NESC, in collaboration with the Margulis Lab at UMass=20 > Amherst,(Margulis=D5 work is AMAZING!!!) is putting together a series of=20 > extraordinary videos=20 > and projection visuals exploring the worlds of microbes. The programs=20 > address ecology and evolutionary biology in the context of=20 > comparative planetology. =20 > > We are currently seeking funding for a beta phase of this project. NESC=20 > needs to get even an anecdotal sense of level of interest in the Museum=20 > community.=20 > We hope to be able to provide programs (and ancillary teaching /=20 > professional development materials at low cost/no cost. These materials > focus through outstanding "research" visuals from Margulis' lab. > =20 > Planetariums would require VCR and/or computer with projector. > We can also provide programming info. on integrating real-time video=20 > projection of micromates. > =20 > An actual planetarium is not required,=20 > a large screen theater would do. However, the pedagogic impact of planetary= > =20 > evolution would be somewhat vitiated. > Please email me at [log in to unmask] if you have any interest in learning more= > =20 > about this project. Thanks. > > Yours, hopefully underresentedly, > Lois > > Lois Brynes > Deep-Time Associates > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 17:19:57 MET > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: PACIOLI LUCA > > Hello there > > I'm looking for some information about > the Italian mathematician Pacioli Luca who lived from > 1445 till 1517. > If someone knows something about him, please send me an > E-mail : > [log in to unmask] > > or > > [log in to unmask] > > > Thanks !!! > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 18:02:06 -0400 > From: Craig1708 <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: gloves > > About a list of suppliers on the 'NET, gopher the Conservation OnLine and > see the suppliers list there. I don't have the address here but there is a > web link to CoOL at: > http://home.aol.com/DELLERCON > ************************************************************************** > Craig Deller > The Deller Conservation Group Ltd > Geneva, Illinois > USA > [log in to unmask] "Conservators make it last longer" > http://home.aol.com/DELLERCON > ************************************************************************** > * > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 11:29:48 -0230 > From: John Maunder <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Julian Calendar > > Can anyone point me to sources for readily converting Julian calendar > dates to modern dates? > > I would PREFER hard copy sources if possible. > > Thanks, > > JOHN > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > * John Maunder, Curator of Natural History, Newfoundland Museum > * Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation, Historic Resources Division > * Box 8700, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada A1B 4J6 Phone: (709) 729-5077 > * FAX: (709) 729-2179 E-mail: [log in to unmask] > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 11:06:51 -0400 > From: Mary Christine Devinney <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: Underresented > > Tim, > > Your concoction sounds good - for the S'mores of my Girl Scout days (and > they are not over) you need graham crackers, marshmellows, and a chocolate > bar (we usually used one bar of chocolate per Scout). > > Roast the marshmellow to a nice toasty brown (some people prefer to burn the > marshmellow). Place a piece od chocolate on half a graham cracker, add the > marshmellow, and top with remaining half of the graham cracker - usually you > need to use the graham cracker to get the sticky marshmellow off the roasting > stick. > > Eat and enjoy! > > While these are best made around a campfire, in a pinch a gas stove works to > toast the marshmellows :) Once a friend of mine used the gas stove at the > school where we where teaching (in Japan) to teach her students about S'mores > :) > > Chrissie > PS Sorry it has taken me awhile to send this recipe - but my daughter - > Hannah Margaret - was born on Tuesday the 24th :) and I've been away from > the computer (wonder why :)! !) > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 11:13:48 -0400 > From: Mary Christine Devinney <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: Re[2]: Underresented > > >Y'all are heathens!! (You too Chrissie) Samoas from the >freezer in June? > >Beats a Snickers Bar anyday. The only thing possibly better >are Do-Si-Dos. > >And who said Anthropology and Girl Scouts have nothing in >common? > > >- Adrienne > > Adrienne > > If you want a real treat from the freezer in June try freezing Thin Mints > with some vanilla ice cream in between two of the cookies, like a sandwich - > yum! Too bad with all this talk of cookies that orders don't start until Jan > - I'd bet my troop could sell several boxes because of this tread :) > > Chrissie > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 11:16:05 -0400 > From: Laura McMann <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: Summer Internships? > > Why don't you try contacting the Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art or > the Sackler Gallery or even the Metropolitan Museum of Art? > Both of these organizations have extensive > internship programs for undergradute students. > > Addresses are: > > Intern Coordinator Intern Coordinator > Freer Gallery of Art Arthur M. Sackler Gallery > MRC 707 Quad, MRC 707 > Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Institution > Washington, D.C. 20560 Washington, D.C. 20560 > Tel: (202) 357-4886 Tel: (202) 357-4886 > > Internship Coordinator > The Metropolitan Museum of Art > 1000 Fifth Street > New York, NY 10028-0198 > Tel: (212) 570-3710 > > Also, try looking in PETERSON'S GUIDE TO INTERNSHIPS, avail. in most > libraries for more ideas. Be aware that most internships are unpaid and > if you want to do one for next summer deadlines are SOON! > > Good luck! > > Laura McMann > Museum Studies Program > The George Washington University > <[log in to unmask]> > > On Fri, 27 Oct 1995, Mayuko Kinouchi wrote: > > > I am a junior, majoring in Art History and Asian Studies. My > > main focus is in "Japanese Art." I am looking for internships in the U.S. > > or in Europe for the summer of 1996. If any of you who read this message > > have any information about it, or places to look for those internships, > > please e-mail me at: > > [log in to unmask] > > > > thank you very much!! > > Mayuko Kinouchi > > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 11:22:43 -0400 > From: Mary Christine Devinney <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: Chocolate Museums? > > >Seems I heard that Hershey (Pennsylvania) has a museum >re:chocolate? > >Their web site implies something of the sort: > >http://www.microserve.net/~hershey/welcome.html > >(being a chocolate addict, I had to look around once the >subject came > >up and found this while searching "hershey museum" on the >net) > >...MMMMM ... time for lunch > > I haven't been there in a few years (but my Girl Scouts have :)!) But it > seems to me that the museum at Hershey Park is more like a theme park ride - > you sit in a car and are given a "tour" of the factory, not the real factory > unfortunatly but its a great ride. When I was younger (about 4 or 5 maybe) > my Grandps took us to Hershey Park and we got to tour the real factory, what > an experience - the smell alone was enough to live for :) But they stoped > doing the walking tour of the factory as too many people where sticking > fingers into the chocolate (or so the rumor goes). > > Chrissie (a true chocoaholic, who refuses treatment thank you!) > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 11:34:31 -0400 > From: Mary Christine Devinney <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: Chocolate Museums? > > Denise Corbett's post (see below) reminded me that there is an Ethel M > Chocolate Factory in Las Vegas, NV. They have a walking tour (about 2 - 5 > inutes long) and a great shop. My Mom, my Mom-in-Law and I went here as a > "Bridal shower" (while my hubby and his friends went to shoot machine guns as > his bachlor party.) Then we went to the Graceland Chapel and got married > with the Elvis impersonator - this should get us off on another crazy thread > :) But the Ethel M chocolate factory is a must see if you are in Las Vegas! > > Chrissie > > >While I don't know if there are any chocolate museums, I do >know that the > >Hershey chocolate factory in Smiths Falls, Ontario does offer a >self-guided > >tour of their factory. It begins with an orientation video which >talks > about > >the Hershey family, the original factory in Hershey >Pennsylvania and all of > the > >good works done by the Hershey family. It culminates in a visit >to the > >chocolate store which sells all of the most delicious chocolate >you can > >imagine. > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 11:37:42 -0400 > From: Mary Christine Devinney <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: S'more remarks on campfire cuisine, etc. > > Barbara > > Did you ever add mini marshmallows to the banana boats, we did and they are > yummy! > > Chrissie > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 11:45:53 -0400 > From: Mary Christine Devinney <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: comparative camping exhibits? > > >Doug, this sounds like a great start for an exhibition concept. >It could > >even be developed (should anyone want to !!! ???) to include >the executive > >style of camping - corporate "retreats" that have an outdoors >element that > >serves to remind the suited class of basic values and issues, >and/or to > >foster team-building. > >I have no idea what sort of foodstuffs go along with such >retreats, but > >that might introduce a new theme... > > Margaret - > > I can just see it - the Menu for Camp David (the US presidents retreat in MD) > Banana Baots and S'mores :) What fun! > > Chrissie > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 12:00:40 -0400 > From: Mary Christine Devinney <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: Food for thought > > George > > I do not have the citation but I do know that a paper was written about > conserving chocolate. I'll see if I can find it for you. > > Chrissie > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 12:16:08 -0400 > From: "Robert A. Baron" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: Multimedia in Europe > > On Fri, 27 Oct 1995 Eric Siegel <[log in to unmask]> said: > > > I am always jealous when I hear about European > > concern for the arts and cultural heritage. There seems to be much > > more of a willingness for government investment in such things. > > I wonder whether European support of the arts may somehow be related to the > sense of nationalism and ethnic continuity found in Europe. European > states have histories and identities that recede beyond human and written > memory and define themselves through mythologies that defy rational > explanation. Traditional European populations are less "multi-cultural" > than in the United States and consequently must feel connected with > national or ethnic traditions in such a way as to make support for the arts > seem as if it is a natural continuation of or evolution from whatever they > traditionally use to define their group identity. > > The United States does not any longer have access to its traditional > mythology of identity. In the 18th and 19th centuries we were wedded to > English culture and to aspects of the classical tradition. Government and > popular support of building programs, monumental sculpture and painting for > publicly and privately commissioned works created an ambiance of > association to European culture. > > Things have changed. It is not simply because we have become a > multi-cultural community, though that is a factor, but because we have > rejected as no longer appropriate the exclusivity created when the symbols > of mass culture are tied to a specific ethnicity or cultural base -- > meaning no more automatic evocations of classical culture for American > projects. Finally, we are separate from Europe. > > Appropriate, perhaps; but where does this situation put us in terms of > supporting the arts. The fragmentation caused by our loss of unified > cultural associations has created a kind of conglomerate field for artistic > creation. Neither ethnic nor national, it is difficult for population > groups to grasp the products of artistic activity and relate such products > to their own identities. Modern creators find their communities in other > venues that depend upon the patchwork of American life, not upon its unity. > So there is no national theme, but rather a cacophony of expressions that > appeal to the variety within us. > > Returning to Eric's lamentation: I believe that governments will willingly > support arts when both the people and the government can see in its support > a continuation of what they believe. In the United States the blocks of > voting power and the vocal and economic constituencies no longer > substantially correspond to the ideals of American artistic cultural > communities. Restated, one can say that the degree of cross-fertilization > of ideas and ideals among these communities has diminished to the point > that the conglomerate elements cannot metamorphose into a homogeneous mass. > The lack of the symbolic and metaphoric virtues of homogeneity is a severe > handicap; for without it, popular and governmental support for the arts > cannot be rationalized or encouraged. And deep down, as much as we don't > want to admit it, we all know that this is true. > > > -- > ______________________________________ > > Robert A. Baron > Museum Computer Consultant > P.O. Box 93, Larchmont, NY 10538 > [log in to unmask] > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 10:45:26 -0700 > From: Jack Thompson <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: Sharkskin Sword Handles > > Len, > The sharkskin which I have came from Tandy's, but it does not seem to be > a standard item in their inventory. It is not stiff, but not what I > would call supple. > > If you only need enough for one or two swords, let me know and I'll give > you some. > > Jack C. Thompson > Thompson Conservation Lab > Portland, OR > > [log in to unmask] > > > On Fri, 27 Oct 1995, MOH Library wrote: > > > I am looking for cured or tanned sharkskin to repair civil war foot > > officer's swords for conservation /restoration purposes.I am not certain if > > this is a Cites Act item ? > > The leather should have a pebbled grain and is supple not dried out. > > Does anyone know of a supplier. > > Thankyou > > > > Len Hambleton-Objects Conservator > > > > North Carolina Museum of History > > 5 East Edenton Street > > Raleigh,N.C. 27601 Fax 919-733-8655 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 12:56:53 -0500 > From: Patty McNamara <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Good astronomy exhibits out there? > > We'll soon be developing a series of new astronomy exhibits here at the > Adler, and I'd like to know about any good astronomy or history of > astronomy exhibits that have been developed anywhere in the last 5 years or > so. Reply on or off-list, as you wish ... Thanks. > > > _______________________________ > > Patty McNamara > Manager, Evaluation & Project Development > The Adler Planetarium > 1300 S. Lake Shore Drive > Chicago, IL 60605 voice: 312/322-0822 > [log in to unmask] fax: 312/322-9909 > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 15:09:56 GMT > From: Shetland Museum Demo <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: Software and scanning > > In message <[log in to unmask]> > Richard Shockley <[log in to unmask]> writes: > > > We are also in a postion to within a very short time choose software for > > collection management. Therefore I hope respondents will post to the list. > > We are looking at FoxPro and the upcoming release of Filemaker Pro with the > > thought of building our own. The other option is of course to buy something > > off the shelf, such as the Oak Tree product quoted. We too are using the > > Mac platform. > > > We are interested in integrating as many of our information management needs > > as possible and this may determine that we move to our own "in-house" system . > > > Richard Shockley, Director > > Ft Hamilton, Whoop-Up Interpretive Centre > > Lethbridge AB. Canada T1J 4A2 > > voice: 403-329-0444 > > fax: 403-329-0645 > > email: [log in to unmask] > > > Can I suggest that you try STAR, a text management system produced by > Quadra Associates, Los Angeles. We use the system here in our > museum to catalogue all of the collections; photographs, archaeology, > social history, books, periodicals, etc, etc. It really can handle > just about everything we throw at it. It is used by a vast number of > museums, libraries, engineering companys,etc, all over the world. > Their e-mail adress in [log in to unmask] > > -- > Tommy Watt > Shetland Museum > 01595 695 057 > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 16:05:51 -0400 > From: "M. Rebecca Leuchak" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Women and careers in Museums > > Dear Museum-Listers - > > This is a posting for one of my students who is not hooked up to > internet... > > She is interested in researching women and careers in museums. > Can anyone suggest bibliography on opportunities, advancement, > challenges for women, statistics of women to men ratios by > type of museum, museum department, etc... > > Many thanks in advance. > > Rebecca Leuchak > > > -- > ***************************** > * Rebecca Leuchak * > * [log in to unmask] * > ***************************** > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 17:45:25 -0500 > From: "Patrick L. Hamilton" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Buildings Exhibit > > Hello, > > The Science Museum of Minnesota is planning to develop a 5,000 square-foot > interdisciplinary traveling exhibition and associated programming about > buildings. The major themes of this project will be the physical science, > mathematics, and technology manifest in buildings, the interplay of energy > and environmental sciences in buildings, and the cultural, sociological, and > psychological implications of buildings. These three themes will be woven > together amongst four major areas of the exhibit: (1)Great Advances, (2)A > Balance of Forces, (3)Living, Breathing Buildings; and (4)Where Do We Go > >From Here? > > "Building Buildings" will weave together stories of architecture and > engineering to examine questions such as how does the massive weight of a > building resist the pull of gravity? What are the properties of the > materials, such as glass and steel, used to construct buildings? How are > buildings influenced by the environment (wind, sun, and precipitation), and > how do they in turn affect the environment? How and why do buildings change > over time? Why do some endure for centuries and others only a few years? > How do humans and the buildings they create influence and shape one another? > How are advances in science and technology changing the way buildings are > designed, constructed and operated? > > Your comments and reactions regarding this project would be much > appreciated. I would rather not waste scarce time, money, and resources by > reinventing good exhibit and program ideas that already have been tested and > perfected elsewhere. I would be happy to discuss ways in which your > creativity and hard work can be acknowledged. > > Sincerely, > > Patrick Hamilton > 612-221-4761, 612-221-4777 (fax) > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 18:53:34 -0400 > From: Laura McMann <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: Software and scanning > > I've had to use STAR at The Royal Armouries, HM Tower of London and found > it to be rather archaic and limited for those who were computer novices, > which was a significant portion of the staff. > Unless of course Quadra Associates has upgraded the program since the > early 1990's. > > Laura McMann > Museum Studies Program > The George Washington University > <[log in to unmask]> > > On Sat, 28 Oct 1995, Shetland Museum Demo wrote: > > > > > > Can I suggest that you try STAR, a text management system produced by > > Quadra Associates, Los Angeles. We use the system here in our > > museum to catalogue all of the collections; photographs, archaeology, > > social history, books, periodicals, etc, etc. It really can handle > > just about everything we throw at it. It is used by a vast number of > > museums, libraries, engineering companys,etc, all over the world. > > Their e-mail adress in [log in to unmask] > > > > -- > > Tommy Watt > > Shetland Museum > > 01595 695 057 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 29 Oct 1995 11:28:14 +1000 > From: Maria Berry <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: ENTRY PRICES & IMAX > > I hope someone out there can help me. It's Sunday morning and I'm > trying to finish a paper for our Council on our proposed IMAX development > which will be part of our new Museum (opening 2000, $250million plus, > super-duper etc). > > I am doing a comparison of entry prices for Museums with IMAXes. I need > to know for as many examples as possible what the Museum entry prices are > and what the attached IMAX prices are (adult/concession/child). And if > anyone should actually be able to tell me the reason for the pricing > strategy I would be ecstatic. A couple of places I am particularly > interested in are the Canadian Museum of Civilization (what are the IMAX > prices?), the Lousiville Museum of History & Science (what is the general > entry price?) and the Houston Museum of Natural Science (what is the > general entry price?). The more info the merrier. > > By the way, I cannot believe that people are so excited by the Heshey > Museum etc. It is dreadful tasting chocolate. A Swiss chocolate factory > tour we are talking something. > > Maria Berry > Senior Project Manager, Museum Development > Museum of Victoria > Australia > [log in to unmask] > fax 61-3-9651 6378 > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 04:43:43 GMT > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Visitor Service/Guest Relations Managers > > Museum-L Moderator <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- > >Date: Fri, 27 Oct 95 09:18:00 GMT > >From: Stuart Park <[log in to unmask]> > >To: Museum-L <[log in to unmask]> > >Subject: RE: Visitor Service/Guest Relations Managers > > > >Aharon Yoki, you didn't give your email address in your post. I am very > >interested in this question and would be keen to discuss it with you. > > >Stuart Park > >Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, > >PO Box 11-566, Wellington, New Zealand. > >Phone (+64) 4 - 382-6600 > >Fax (+64) 4 - 382-6606 > > >Email [log in to unmask] > > > --------- > >From: owner-museum-l > >To: Multiple recipients of list MUSEUM-L > >Subject: Visitor Service/Guest Relations Managers > >Date: Wednesday, 25 October 1995 07:57PM > > >Looking to contact other ASTC sites and museums in general to > >confer on general guest issues, staffing, security, customer service > >issues, etc. > > >Please contact by either e-mail or follow-up article if interested! > > > >Aharon Yoki > >Guest Relations Manager > >Museum of Science & Industry > >Tampa, Florida > > > Hello again, > > If you didn't get my address it's as follows: > > [log in to unmask] > > I'm looking forword to hearing from anyone in the museum/science > center/ aquarium/etc field interested in discussing guest issues. > > ------------------------------ > > End of MUSEUM-L Digest - 27 Oct 1995 to 28 Oct 1995 > *************************************************** >