At 08:27 AM 3/7/97 +1000, you wrote: >Hello >I have a query regarding institutions that have closed an exisiting >facility while developing a new one. The Museum of Victoria currently >has the 'old' museum still operating while most staff are busy >developing a new $250m facility. We are interested to know how other >institutions handled such a situation. > Of potential interest to the whole list on this topic: Institutional Trauma: Major Changes in Museums and Its Effect on Staff edited by Elaine Huemann Gurian (AAM, 1995; available from the AAM Bookstore). A series of essays on catastrophic events (natural and man-made) and what happened to the museum's staff. The first essay is on the move of the Boston Children's Museum. Janice Klein The Field Museum