David Haberstich, How do all the museums that display replicas of dinosaurs & other prehistoric life fit into your definition of a museum needing the real thing (and I don't mean Coke) to be a museum. I am sure that Madam Trussuad's Wax Museum forfills as many of the educational and entertainment goals that more formal museums do (in somecases probably better!). Different type of collection, different problems, different target audience, different goals. What is a museum anyway, and what is its purpose? George Bailey Australian War Memorial