RE: Role of the Director March 20, 1996 I've been a director...and not....and soon may be again. The best training for being a director is to have experience in museums. Sure, it helps to have special training in the discipline (historians in history museums; scientists in science museums; etc.) but what really matters is to simply to know what the hell you're doing. The museum side is about knowing how museums function and trusting the specialists in their role. The business side is about common sense and an understanding of numbers. Board relations is about knowing people, educating them and motivating them; their role is macro and money. Development is tenacity, sales, and having a great partnership with the development officer. Programs must be true to the mission but are your first line of public engagement....so they must engage. If you don't like it all, if you don't thrive on dealing with 15 different issues in one day, then the fun of being at the helm will be lost on you.