>Does anyone have any experience with operating museum gift shops/retail >stores in a regular retail setting (not just on the museum premises)? If >so, we'd love to hear about it. Please post to this newsgroup or send >email directly to us at the addresses below. > >Thanks, in advance > >Greg and Deborah Larson >[log in to unmask] >[log in to unmask] Try the Biltmore Estate. I seem to recall that in addition to several gift shops on the premises, they also had one in a sort of "gate house" right in Asheville, NC. Ivy Fleck Strickler Phone 215-895-1637 Drexel University Fax 215-895-4917 Nesbitt College of Design Arts [log in to unmask] Philadelphia, PA 19104 "Never forget that life is like a Fellini movie, and you're getting to see it for free."