Perhaps the formal museum community is missing an opportunity here. Many private collectors with significant collections would welcome the opportunity to access the knowledge and expertise to record, care for, and develop a long term plan for their collection. Although this knowledge is sequestered behind institutional walls, I have seen very little effort to outreach to these people. A recent seminar series offered by the Smithsonian (to small and emerging museums not collectors) has myself and others on a waiting list to pay over $300 per seminar. Such a resource sharing program can be geared to bring revenue to the institution, provide collectors with improved collection care skills, and create links between the institution and the collector which may be mutually beneficial in the future. The waiting list indicates a demand greater than the current ability to meet it. Opportunities also exist for conservators to share expertise with collectors much the same way computer training is offered to the public today. Along with the training a hightened awarness of when and how to make use of professional conservators could be developed. Wayne Hart Museum of Valor