Museum folks... Thanks to those that responded to my original query about retail/museum operations. There seems to be a level of interest in the community for this concept. Our company is planning a series of facilities that will display shipwreck artifacts and sell replica jewelery, gifts, etc. with that theme. We are collaborating with the archaeological community, and hope this can be a model that demostrates that replicas and the museum part of the facility can provide a method for funding archaeologically-sound projects. The goal is to (finally) provide a business/archaeologial interface to provide funds for archaeologists that never seem to be able to scrape enough money up for their projects. I'd like to hear from designers and suppliers that have ideas for inter-active exhibits with a historical maritime/shipwreck orientation.We are well-funded, and plan on opening our first facility in early 1997 in the Caribbean. Regards, Greg Stemm [log in to unmask]