Some time ago I asked for your ideas about how a small museum, with no paid professional staff, could get more friends to do the work. I just heard that a local newspaper got hold of the wrong end of the stick, and blazoned across it's front page that the museum was to close (rather than that the friends organization was dying). A large number of local people turned up at the advertised meeting, and voiced their concerns about the collections and buildings ... and stayed on to volunteer. The (volunteer) co-ordinator of volunteers once again feels that life is worth living. -- Patricia Reynolds Keeper of Social History, Buckinghamshire County Museum / Freelance Curator 16 Gibsons Green Heelands Milton Keynes MK13 7NH ENGLAND [log in to unmask]