Cris Wolf has asked:.. What is the general consensus as to the >criteria for calling yourself a "small" museum, a "medium" museum, or a >"large" museum? Well, you may wish to know that IMS has defined "small" museum as one that has an annual budget of less than $250,000! In South Dakota, MOST of the museums have a budget of under $250,000. My guess is that most museums define themselves. Although we have a budget of over $500,000 a year, a full-time staff of 5, part-time staff of 2 plus a bunch of volunteers, I always think of us as a small museum because we have only 25,000 objects in our collection. Perhaps it is MY thinking that is warped!! Claudia Nicholson Curator of Collections South Dakota State Historical Society Pierre [log in to unmask]