Sara: In 1992, IMS did a needs assessment of small, emerging, rural, and minority museums. In that document, a small museum was defined as one with a budget of $250,000 or less. The average budget of the 37 museums in the 26 counties of the Texas Panhandle is 1/10th this number! > I am surprised at the classification of *small history museum* as those with > a budget under $250K -- to me (with a budget around $65K) that seems > enormous! Is there some sort of standard size/budget classification? > > Elaine Zopes wrote: > > My institution is about to embark on a long overdue planning process, so I am > > looking for sample long range/strategic plans for small history museums > > (budget size under $250K). Anyone out there in Museum-L want to share one > > with us? > > Sara Kelley > > -- > Sara Phinney Kelley, Historic Site Administrator > Centre County Historical Society > State College, PA > (814) 234-4779 e-mail: [log in to unmask] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Andi Gwyn Resource Sharing Coordinator Panhandle Museum Resource Sharing Consortium WTAMU 967, Canyon, Texas 79016 phone: 806/656-2249, fax: 806/656-2250 email: [log in to unmask]