In reply to: >Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 15:11:49 EST >From: "Adam Bickford, Smithsonian Institution" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: How many Museums are there? > > Hi. Sorry to bother the list with this, but my own search has produced > nothing. > > Does anyone know where I might find out how many museums there are in the > United States? Ideally, the answer will be in the form of a web site > address where I can download a data set containing the number of > different type of museums for over the last 15 or so years. > And the answer, Please!, is 8,179. Source: "Museums Count, a report by the American Association of Museums." 1994, 104 pages. I paid US$25 for it at an AAM conference. I think this is a MUST book for anyone interested in Museum trends, the future, etc. Has lots of other information. Unfortunately, the AAM in not on the web yet. :-( Yours, David Bridge Museum Support Center Smithsonian Institution [log in to unmask]