The next meeting of the Museums Council of New York City will be on Thursday March 13, 1997 at The New York Historical Society. You've been reading about it, now join your colleagues in the museum community for what should be an engaging evening. The meeting will begin at 5:30, with a reception and greeting by Betsy Gotbaum, the Society's Executive Director. At 6:15, Jack Rutland, the Director of Exhibitions and Collections will lead a tour of the exhibition Audubon in New York: A Spring Celebration, featuring 150 original watercolors by JJ Audubon originally created for Birds of America. This exhibition (from the Society's collection, I'm pretty sure) includes many of the pictures that were recently toured around America over the past three years. Then, there will be a buffet supper at 7:00. Please send a check in advance of the meeting made out to The Museums Council of New York for $25 for each person attending. Add $5 for each bus reservation. Mail to: Amy Fischetti, Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Parkway, Floral Park, NY 11004. If your check will not arrive in time please call Amy at (718) 347-3276. If you make a reservation by phone and do not attend, you must still reimburse the Council. Please include a note with your name, and the institution that you represent. The Museums Council of New York is an informal membership association that was founded in 1930, and represents virtually all of New York City's not-for-profit museums. We gather several times a year to visit New York's museums -- both well-known and obscure -- and have curator's tours, director's tours, drinks, and dinner. It is a wonderful opportunity to meet your colleagues in a casual but focused setting. Participants include all levels and aspects of the museum profession, including board members and directors, development, marketing, curatorial, educational, business, and operations staff. Until recently, participation has been limited to those affiliated with member institutions. We have decided, on a trial basis, to open the meetings to people working in allied professions (from executive recruiters to exhibition designers); Museums Studies and Arts Administration students; and museum staff from other cities. These meetings are great, and I hope that you will join us. Please feel free to contact me by email, or Amy by phone if you have any questions. Eric Siegel Chairman, The Museums Council of New York [log in to unmask]