As far as I know, holiday allowances in the UK museums depend on what sort of organisation it is. So, in local government funded museums, the staff are on the same pay/benefits scales as all the other council staff (which has occasionaly lead to conflicts as curators get one sort of pay rating but education staff in museums get teaching contracts - including school holidays). National musems staff were until very recently on the civil servant scales & independant museums set whatever pay they like. As a general rule, the pay is crap. Jane