Hello all, This message is directed primarily towards the Web Masters ( I use the term loosely) running sites for natural history museums, but all comments are welcome. The Exhibit Museum of Natural History at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor is presently using a in-house web server, with multiple client stations, to build more depth and breadth into its physical displays. Visitors are able to call up related documents and images, pertinent to the particular display. My question is, are there other museums on line interested, in forming a consortium of natural history museums (in our case) that would tailor part of their existing public web sites to allow limited Internet access? A visitor would be able to use our "public" terminal to visit other participating museums and explore related exhibits - but not gain access to the Internet at large. The included links at each site would be determined by the host site. All participating museums would have to agree to remove all at-large links from the part of the site made available to the project. (If the visited site had no outside links, the visitor would have to return to "home" to gain access to another site.) The simplest interface would be a mouse or trackpad, with no keyboard to enter URLs. A more sophisticated version might include a modified browser, with the "go to URL" field and menus to the Internet deactivated. This could allow for some typed input and exchanging of information between associated sites. I think the technical details can be worked out if the willingness to provide the content is there. Comments can be directed to me our the list if you think it is appropriate to all. al Visit the Exhibit Museum on line < http://www.exhibits.lsa.umich.edu/ > Al McWaters Exhibit Designer / Net. Admin. Internet: [log in to unmask] Exhibit Museum of Natural History Phone: (313) 747-1379 1109 Greddes Ave. Fax: (313) 747-2767 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1079 http://www-personal.umich.edu/~alanmcw/