>Hello > >I am a Masters Student in Museum Studies at Leicester University, England. My >dissertation is seeking to explore the ethics of sponsorship in >museums. > >I am interested to know if any museum or arts organisations out there >have formal codes when dealing with seeking and accepting >sponsorship? > >Does your museum consider the reputation, nature of the sponsoring >companies behaviour in the environment, testing on animals (this type >of thing) when seeking /accepting their money? > >What about the idea that museums/arts organisaztions are selling >their audience to the sponsor for the finance for an exhibition - is >this ethical. My Museum doesn't have a formal policy, but we do not accept sponsorships from tobacco- or alcohol-related companies. John Arnold Public Information Officer New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Albuquerque [log in to unmask] "Sometimes the light's all shining on me. Other times I can barely see. Lately it occurs to me what a long, strange trip it's been."