ÐÏ à¡± á Immediate Opening (re-advertisement) Curator of Education: The Museum of Art/Tallahassee, a new art museum opening in Fall, 1998 in downtown, seeks an innovative, dynamic Curator of Education with 3-5 years of museum experience preferred. This position will be responsible for development, implementation, promotion and evaluation of all museum educational and interpretative programming and services for children and adults, both in-house and outreach. The successful candidate will supervise docent programs, education budget, and school services. This person will function as a part of the Museum’s management team, reporting to the Executive Director. Must be able to assume responsibility and to function as a member of a team to achieve organizational objectives. Qualifications for this position include an advanced degree strongly preferred in the arts and/or education, with demonstrated experience in museum educational programs and activities. Background in art history suggested. Experience in budget management, volunteer supervision, grant/proposal development, as well as effective communication skills through public lectures and in writing is crucial. Send a letter of application, resume, supporting materials and three business references to: Curator of Education Search, Museum of Art/Tallahassee, 345 S. Magnolia, Suite B12, Tallahassee, FL 32301; fax: 850/671-4811. Applications must be at the Museum by August 7, 1998. An EOE employer. July 6, 1998 Ô°½ @ ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ --------------20B756BA5676 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="Curator of exhibitions ad.doc" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="Curator of exhibitions ad.doc" ÐÏ à¡± á Immediate Opening Curator of Exhibitions (part-time): The Museum of Art/Tallahassee, a new art museum opening in Fall, 1998 in downtown Tallahassee, Florida, seeks a dynamic curator to develop exhibitions and assist with the founding of a permanent collection. The successful candidate will have a broad knowledge of art history, strong interpersonal and team-building skills, and excellent written and verbal communication. This position reports to the Executive Director and is responsible for organizing and implementing an energetic exhibition program in accord with the Museum’s mission and core values. Qualifications for this position include an advanced degree strongly preferred in art history with demonstrated experience in curatorial work. Experience in catalogue production, writing, grants, and exhibition installation desirable. Will discuss flexible work hours and arrangement of schedule. Send a letter of application, resume, supporting materials and three business references to: Curator of Exhibition Search, Museum of Art/Tallahassee, 345 S. Magnolia, Suite B12, Tallahassee, FL 32301; fax: 850/671-4811. Applications must be at the Museum by August 7, 1998. An EOE employer. July 6, 1998 --------------20B756BA5676-- ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 08:41:51 -0500 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Heather Spencer <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Children and museums Comments: To: [log in to unmask] In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; name="Message" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit If I may put in my two cents, I agree with Allison Weiss. I thought that the children's exhibit at the Holocaust Museum was very well done and did a wonderful job at presenting a complex and controversial subject to younger visitors. Sincerely, Heather Spencer Historian Fort McCoy Archaeology Laboratory [log in to unmask] ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 09:21:19 -0500 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: rgvmuse <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: *****Newbie MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Karen, Are you in Louisiana - LA - or Los Angeles? I could suggest for the Louisiana version, but not the CA. Let me know, Linn Karen Downing wrote: > > Hi, > > I am new and have a question. I am not an informed art enthusiast and have an > aunt comming from Italy for a visit in Sept---nearly the whole month. SHE > DEFINALELY IS!!! As a mother, I know all the children's museums, but need > adult art, paintings and sculptures mostly. > > I could look in the paper, the yellow pages, etc. But, what I really need is > some real in put on the museums that must not be missed. We live just a > little north of the LA area and I don't want to travel more than 2 hrs or so. > > Any suggestions will be most appreciated. > > Love and Laughter, > Karen > of > http://karens-health-boutique.com ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 11:35:13 -0700 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: KATHLEEN HUTTON <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Art/Disabilities MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Leah Schroder wrote: > > Hello, > > I am conducting research on 17-20th Century European artists with disabilities > and how these disabilities may have impacted their work. I am in the process > of trying to located any previous research done on this topic, as well as > publications addressing the same. Is there anything out there? Any > information would be of incredible value. > > Thank you, > Leah Schroder Dear Leah, This sounds like a very broad if important topic! I don't mean to be critical, and it may be that you are just starting to do research and depending on the responses you get you may address specific disabilities. I can't cite any published sources offhand, but in terms of physical handicaps, I can think of several French impressionists: Edgar Degas at the end of his life and with failing eyesight turning to pastel and sculpture; aging Renoir with brushes strapped to his arthritic(?)hands who also began sculpture due to failing eyesight, yet another whose eyesight failed was Claude Monet. The post-Impressionist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was lame and crippled after he broke both legs at age 14 and ceased to grow. . . For American artists, Maurice Prendergast (1858-1924) suffered a hearing loss as an adult; Horace Pippin (1888-1946) painted despite paralysis in his right arm due to a WWI sniper's bullet; more recently the artist Chuck Close (b. 1940) has continued to paint perhaps the best work of his career despite becoming nearly completely paralysed in 1988 from an injury to a spinal blood vessel . . . and of course there are artists who have overcome mental disabilities to create significant art. Good luck to you. You got me thinking about a very inspiring topic! I will look forward to other responses to your query. sincerely, Kathleen Hutton, coordinator of education Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, NC e mail [log in to unmask] ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 12:12:32 -0400 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Martha Jackson <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Fire at Thomas Wolfe Memorial MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII At approximately 3:00 a.m. on Friday, July 24, fire broke out in the dining room of the boardinghouse at the Thomas Wolfe Memorial, located in downtown Asheville, North Carolina. Fire crews arrived on the scene within minutes of the 911 call to find fire engulfing the northeast corner and roof. Firefighters entered the house immediately, moved numerous items out of danger, and covered a number of pieces with tarps while trying to fire the fire from inside. A collapsing roof forced them to abandon that plan and fight the fire only from outside. By 5:00 a.m. the fire was extinguished. Two firemen sustained minor injuries. The boardinghouse was run by noted author Thomas Wolfe's mother, Julia Wolfe. Wolfe immortalized the house in his novel, Look Homeward Angel. The house was registered as a historic landmark in 1949 and acquired by the state of North Carolina in 1974. The boardinghouse sustained considerable damage from fire, smoke, and water. As of Sunday, July 26, the cause of the fire had not been determined. North Carolina Historic Sites is deeply grateful to the staffs from Biltmore Estates, Blue Ridge Parkway National Park, and Carl Sandburg Home National Park. They assisted with the removal of artifacts from the house and provided emergency supplies and materials. Local businesses and organizations also donated supplies, trucks, and storage facilities. Asheville's local television station, WLOS, responded to the crisis with an immediate fundraising effort. First Restoration Services of Fletcher, NC was called in to help with the salvage of the house. The house is being stabilized and secured. Plans are underway for complete restoration of the house. Extensive renovations had been planned for the fall of this year, including the installation of fire and smoke alarms and a security system. The Queen Anne-style Victorian house was built in 1883 and retained all of its original stained-glass windows. Most of the furniture and contents were original. This is not an official press release. I thought you folks would be interested to know of this disaster. We do have a complete inventory of the house, and the interiors have been extensively photographed. Martha Battle Jackson, Registrar (919) 733-7862 NC Historic Sites Fax: (919) 733-9515 109 East Jones Street [log in to unmask] Raleigh, NC 27601-2807 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Opinions expressed in this message may not represent the policy of my agency. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live."--Mark Twain ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 09:18:47 -0700 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: "Olivia S. Anastasiadis" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: *****Newbie Don't forget the Presidential Libraries, up in Simi Valley is the Reagan Library, and just 15 minutes away from Disney in Yorba Linda, is the Nixon Library. These institutions are slightly different than your normal Vatican experience, so your aunt might find it of interest. Aside from that, if you can get into the Getty that'll make her day. The Autry Museum is a must visit as well, just as the Fowler at UCLA. O Olivia S. Anastasiadis, Curator Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace 18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard Yorba Linda, CA 92886 (714) 993-5075 ext. 224; fax (714) 528-0544; e-mail: [log in to unmask] On Mon, 27 Jul 1998 04:08:43 EDT Karen Downing <[log in to unmask]> writes: >Hi, > >I am new and have a question. I am not an informed art enthusiast and >have an >aunt comming from Italy for a visit in Sept---nearly the whole month. >SHE >DEFINALELY IS!!! As a mother, I know all the children's museums, but >need >adult art, paintings and sculptures mostly. > >I could look in the paper, the yellow pages, etc. But, what I really >need is >some real in put on the museums that must not be missed. We live just >a >little north of the LA area and I don't want to travel more than 2 hrs >or so. > >Any suggestions will be most appreciated. > >Love and Laughter, >Karen >of >http://karens-health-boutique.com > _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 12:40:05 EDT Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Comments: Converted from OV/VM to RFC822 format by PUMP V2.2X From: Jane Glaser <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Publication question In-Reply-To: note of 07/27/98 07:42 Leah: I believe at one time Philip Yenawine was head of education at MOMA in NY.He may have written while there. Also, you might get more info. about deaf artists from Cheryl Heppner at the Northern VirginiaResource Center...she is a font of info. on all disabilities. Her Email is: [log in to unmask] Good luck! Jane Glaser ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 09:35:48 -0700 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Indigo Nights <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: *****Newbie MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi, you're in my backyard. Here are the ones of which I'm aware in the LA area. Norton Simon in Pasadena Pacific Asian in Pasadena Museum of Modern Art LA LA Art Museum Getty Museum (two) on in Malibu and one up the 405 from LA Southwest Museum in LA (Native American Art) MOCA (LA) There are others, but my brain just is starting to wake up. ---Karen Downing <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I am new and have a question. I am not an informed art enthusiast and have an > aunt comming from Italy for a visit in Sept---nearly the whole month. SHE > DEFINALELY IS!!! As a mother, I know all the children's museums, but need > adult art, paintings and sculptures mostly. > > I could look in the paper, the yellow pages, etc. But, what I really need is > some real in put on the museums that must not be missed. We live just a > little north of the LA area and I don't want to travel more than 2 hrs or so. > > Any suggestions will be most appreciated. > > Love and Laughter, > Karen > of > http://karens-health-boutique.com > == Indigo Nights [log in to unmask] _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 10:00:14 -0700 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: "Olivia S. Anastasiadis" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Publication question The recent issue of Curator has an interesting article about the subject. O Olivia S. Anastasiadis, Curator Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace 18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard Yorba Linda, CA 92886 (714) 993-5075 ext. 224; fax (714) 528-0544; e-mail: [log in to unmask] On Mon, 27 Jul 1998 12:40:05 EDT Jane Glaser <[log in to unmask]> writes: >Leah: I believe at one time Philip Yenawine was head of education at >MOMA >in NY.He may have written while there. Also, you might get more info. >about deaf artists from Cheryl Heppner at the Northern >VirginiaResource >Center...she is a font of info. on all disabilities. Her Email is: >[log in to unmask] Good luck! Jane Glaser > _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 09:49:53 -0700 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Indigo Nights <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: *****Newbie MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Just remembered another in the Los Angeles area. It's on my must check out list but haven't been there yet. Don't forget the Armand Hammer Museum. They're said to have gorgeous artworks. I believe they're on Wilshire Blvd., heading toward Santa Monica on the West side of town. Then again, don't overlook the Simon Wiesenthal either. So much rich history there. == Indigo Nights [log in to unmask] _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 10:09:27 -0700 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: "Xuan Nguyen (by way of Susan Wageman <[log in to unmask]>)" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Job Opening: Guest Services Supervisor, San Jose, California, USA Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The Tech Museum of Innovation Position Opening Guest Services Supervisor The mission of The Tech Museum of Innovation is to serve as an educational resource that engages people of all ages and backgrounds in exploring and experiencing technologies affecting their lives, and to inspire young people to become innovators in developing technologies of the future. The Guest Services Supervisor is a full-time, exempt position reporting to the Guest Services Manager and is responsible for the successful operation of the The Tech Museum's admissions and reservations area. Primary emphasis is on supervision of staff and providing outstanding customer service in order to maximize admissions sales. =20 Supervisory Responsibilities: =B7 Assist the Guest Services Manager with hiring and evaluating Guest Services staff. =B7 Prepare staffing and other schedules for department under guidelines of Guest Services Manager. =B7 Train and supervise Guest Services employees (POS system, customer service and procedures). =B7 Assist Guest Services Manager in assessing staffing needs. =B7 Record and maintain accurately all documents relating to personnel and payroll. =B7 Oversee opening and closing of cash registers on daily basis. =B7 Reconcile cash registers and prepare deposits. =B7 Supervise accurate implementation of POS system. =B7 Set and maintain excellent housekeeping standards. =B7 Assist Guest Services Manager with establishing and implementing operational procedures for department. =B7 Ensure smooth and efficient operation for the museum=92s guests. =B7 Perform other duties as needed. Customer Service Responsibilities: =B7 Train Guest Services staff to use initiative and enthusiasm to engage= the museum's guests in friendly and helpful interaction. =B7 Work with other departments in maintaining outstanding customer services standards to ensure a seamless experience for the museum's visitors. Requirements: =B7 3+ years of retail or customer service and supervisory experience =B7 Excellent computer skills, experience with MS Office and database management preferred =B7 Strong leadership ability; self-starter and proactive =B7 Team player and excellent people skills =B7 Honest, dependable and punctual =B7 Flexible in variety of situations=20 =B7 Excellent communicator; English proficiency; bilingual preferred =B7 Neat, accurate and detail-oriented =B7 Ability to work closely and effectively with museum staff and general public, especially children =B7 Willigness to work on weekends, holidays and evenings APPLICATION PROCEDURE: The Tech offers excellent benefits including paid health, dental, vision and life insurance. Send cover letter and resume with salary history to The Tech Museum of Innovation, Human Resources, 145 West San Carlos Street, San Jose, CA 95113. Fax: (408) 279-7149. Or, e-mail ASCII text file resume to [log in to unmask] (do not send attachments.) No calls please. The Tech Museum of Innovation is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a strong commitment to diversity. (http://www.thetech.org) Xuan T. Nguyen Manager of Human Resources The Tech Museum of Innovation 145 W. San Carlos Street San Jose, CA 95113 www.thetech.org FAX: (408) 279-7149 ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 10:10:08 -0700 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: "Xuan Nguyen (by way of Susan Wageman <[log in to unmask]>)" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Job Opening: Head Sales Associate, San Jose, California, USA Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" The Tech Museum of Innovation Position Available Head Sales Associate The mission of The Tech Museum of Innovation is to serve as an educational resource that engages people of all ages and backgrounds in exploring and experiencing technologies affecting their lives, and to inspire young people to become innovators in developing technologies of the future. Summary: The Tech needs two Head Sales Associates to perform supervisory duties in the absence of the Store Supervisor and be responsible for opening, closing and reconciling the receipts of the museum's retail store. The Head Sales Associate is a full-time, non-exempt position reporting to the Store Supervisor. Responsibilities: - Reconcile cash and perform end of day reports. - Prepare and schedule lunch breaks when Supervisor is absent. - Coach and develop Sales Associate to use initiative and enthusiasm to engage customers and build sales. - Provide excellent customer service in a professional manner. - Build sales using various techniques such as the merchandise approach, and suggesting multiple sales of related merchandise to maximize sales. - Perform and delegate general housekeeping to maintain the appearance of the store. - Act as a leader in product knowledge and location of merchandise and share information with staff. - Act as ambassador for the museum. Dispense information and encourage memberships. - Assist and initiate in merchandising of product. Create displays and implement floor changes. Minimum Qualifications: - Previous retail sales and customer service experience required. Supervisory experience preferred. - Positive attitude and enthusiasm for dealing with the public and especially children. - Excellent communication skills, English proficiency and professional phone manner. - Familiarity with point of sale systems. - Accurate and detail oriented with paperwork and numbers. Excellent problem-solving skills. - Dependable, prompt and flexible to Museum's needs. - Ability to stand for extended periods, bend and lift repeatedly. - Willingness to work on holidays, weekends and evenings. APPLICATION PROCEDURE: The Tech offers excellent benefits including paid health, dental, vision and life insurance. Send cover letter and resume with salary history to The Tech Museum of Innovation, Human Resources, 145 West San Carlos Street, San Jose, CA 95113. Fax: (408) 279-7149. Or, e-mail ASCII text file resume to [log in to unmask] (do not send attachments.) No calls please. The Tech Museum of Innovation is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a strong commitment to diversity. (http://www.thetech.org) Xuan T. Nguyen Manager of Human Resources The Tech Museum of Innovation 145 W. San Carlos Street San Jose, CA 95113 www.thetech.org FAX: (408) 279-7149 ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 13:17:41 -0500 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Wendy Wiener <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Numbering System MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I am trying to develop a numbering system for props and reproductions used in a historic house museum. I want the numbering system to be distinct from our regular object numbering system (ex., 1997.1), so they can be easily distinguished. I have searched the archives, but there were not any examples of the actual numbering system. Could someone please send me an example? Thank you. Wendy Wiener The Octagon, the Museum of the American Institute of Architects Washington, DC [log in to unmask] ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 12:17:20 -0500 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: "Dillenburg, Eugene" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: ****Newbie MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain As a frequent visitor to Los Angeles (a.k.a. Paradise on Earth), I can tell you it has many fine institutions, with one absolute must-see: The Museum of Jurassic Technology. As your visitor is primarily interested in art, I would strongly recommend the African-American Museum in Exposition Park. If she likes architecture, there is the I.M. Pei Museum downtown, very near the Contemporary. And though I personally have never been, I hear wonderful things about Huntington Gardens and Library. The La Brea Tar Pits (are they open yet?) and the Autry are great fun as well. (My apologies if I have misspelled any names; I'm doing this from memory.) Eugene Dillenburg Lead Developer, Philippines Coral Reef exhibit John G. Shedd Aquarium 1200 South Lake Shore Drive Chicago, Illinois 60605 V: (312) 692-3136 F: (312) 939-8001 e: [log in to unmask] "No, no, no. It's spelt 'Raymond Luxury-Yacht,' but it's pronounced 'Throat-Warbler Mangrove'." -- M. Python, Episode 19, 1970 ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 12:52:42 -0600 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: ALICE TURLEY <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Numbering System Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Wendy Wiener recently wrote (try saying that three times real fast!): >I am trying to develop a numbering system for >props and reproductions used in a historic house >museum. I want the numbering system to be >distinct from our regular object numbering system >(ex., 1997.1), so they can be easily distinguished... We have a large reproduction furniture collection at the Texas Capitol. For numbering, we place an "R" before the number and invert the order (R1.1997, R2.1997, etc.). Hope this is helpful. Ali Alice B. Turley Assistant Curator/Curator of Education Texas Capitol State Preservation Board 201 E. 14th Street, Suite 950 Austin, Texas 78701 512.475.4982 512.322.1063 digital pager 512.475.4886 facsimile [log in to unmask] http://www.tspb.state.tx.us ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 13:54:54 -0400 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Alex Avdichuk <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Numbering System Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Why not do it backwards, i.e. 1997.1.2 becomes 2.1.1997. This way you can get the same information from the number but the numbering system is distinctive. I am trying to develop a numbering system for props and reproductions used in a historic house museum. I want the numbering system to be distinct from our regular object numbering system (ex., 1997.1), so they can be easily distinguished. I have searched the archives, but there were not any examples of the actual numbering system. Could someone please send me an example? Thank you. Wendy Wiener The Octagon, the Museum of the American Institute of Architects Washington, DC [log in to unmask] ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 14:25:31 -0400 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Bode Morin <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Numbering System MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Wendy, The Smithsonian has a cataloging system that includes "non-accession" numbers to track props and "consumable" artifacts. You may want to conta= ct someone in collections management over there. Bode Morin Sloss Furnaces [log in to unmask] ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 08:00:00 PST Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Brenda Weatherston <[log in to unmask]> Organization: Division of Continuing Studies Subject: Museums at the Crossroads course with Stephen Weil Comments: To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Museums at the Crossroads September 14 - 19, 1998 with Stephen E. Weil Cultural Resource Management Program at the University of Victoria ______________________________________________ A course outline is now available for "Museums at the Crossroads". Please let us know if you would like to receive further information and registration materials. Since class sizes are limited to sixteen, we encourage you to register early! COURSE DESCRIPTION Many old ideas are bankrupt as museums redefine their relationships with communities, funders, donors, academia and one another. This intensive workshop probes the roots of this situation and challenges you to reexamine the fundamental purposes of museums as a basis for refining institutional goals, structures and future directions. Stephen E. Weil draws on his extensive distinguished background as a museum executive, writer, teacher, thinker and consultant to facilitate your exploration of: >> improving peoples' lives as thecore purpose of museums >> the fundamental role of community in defining the museum's 'bottom line' >> the impacts of shifting support >> lessons from business and other not-for- profit organizations >> issues of governance >> leadership and management >> measuring impacts >> defining success >> ethics and professionalism You should bring a minimum of five years experience in museums to this workshop, along with a willingness to rethink some basic beliefs about their roles and relationships. A preparatory assignment encourages you to relate the course to issues and new directions in your own workplace. Instructor: STEPHEN E. WEIL, Senior Scholar Emeritus, Center for Museum Studies, Smithsonian Institution Dates: September 14 - 19 Please register by: August 14 Fee: $589 (Canadian Funds, credit or non-credit options available) LOCATION - Victoria is located on the southern end of Vancouver Island and is easily accessible by either air or ferry from Vancouver and Seattle ACCOMMODATION - a range of inexpensive bed & breakfast accommodations are available - please visit our website to explore your options. ______________________________________________ LEARNING OBJECTIVES ______________________________________________ To the extent that museums are located primarily within the not-for-profit sector, the evolution of that sector over the past four decades has had important implications for the ways in which they are understood, funded and managed. The first and theoretical objective of Museums at the Crossroads will be to provide participants with an understanding of those implications as they apply both (a) within the individual museum to virtually every aspect of its governance and operations, and (b) across the museum community as a whole as manifested through an expanded degree of professionalism. The second practical objective of the course will be to have participants analyze their own institutions in terms of how those institutions might be brought more into consonance with this emerging view of museums. Through such an analysis participants will have the opportunity to consider how they might best exercise (a) the personal courage demanded to make a genuinely honest and thorough assessment of the current condition of their institutions, (b) the creativity essential to imagining into what different kinds of institutions those current institutions might potentially be transformed, (c) the managerial skills required to conceive, plan and implement the various steps that such a transformation would require, and (d) the leadership skills that would be necessary to attract the resources and other support that would enable those steps to be taken. Participants should complete the course with an enhanced sense of how, in both theoretical and practical terms, their own institutions specifically and the museum community generally have the potential power to affect the lives of their varied publics in important and positive ways. ______________________________________________ COURSE OUTLINE SUMMARY ______________________________________________ Monday, September 14 Getting to the Crossroads: The Museum as a Not-for-Profit Organization * Introductions and expectations * Selection of consulting problems; assignment to consulting and study groups * Map of organizational landscape; role of not-for-profits * Penningon County Heritage Society, Part I: Exercise and debriefing * Evolution of not-for-profit from establishment to enterprise * Museums at the crossroads: current challenges and opportunities * Evening study group activity (one hour); Begin Fantasy Islands Tuesday, September 15 Choosing our Direction: Defining and Assessing Institutional Outcomes; Professionalism * Establishing institutional purpose: patrons,participants, publics * Inventory of museum outcomes; means to measure or ascertain * Professionalism: Accreditation and Certification * First participant consulting session * Optional evening activity: informal group dinner Wednesday, September 16 How Do We Get There? Potentials and Pitfalls of Earned Income * Tensions between mission and market * Perplexing Admissions: Exercise and discussion * Strategic Collaborations: Exercise and debriefing * Guest Panel Discussion: "Exhibitions for Fun and Profit" Thursday, September 17 Charting the Course: Ethical Expectations * Dangerous Hypo/theticol: Exercise and debriefing * Second participant consulting session * Field trips to two local sites: What are they and what do they serve? Friday, September 18 Sharing the Driver's Seat: The Evolving Governance of Not-for-Profit Organizations * Penningon County Heritage Society, Part II: Exercise and debriefing * Trusteeship: history, traditional duties, emerging duties * Rob Roy: Exercise and debriefing * The Director's role in achieving Board success * Evening study group activity (one hour): conclude Fantasy Islands Saturday, September 19 Are We There Yet? Concluding Reports * Reports on Fantasy Islands * Reports of consulting teams; critique * Reports on amendments to the "home museum" documents * Closing comments and suggestions For more information and registration materials, please contact: ====================================================== Brenda Weatherston, Program Coordinator Cultural Resource Management Program Division of Continuing Studies, University of Victoria PO Box 3030 STN CSC Victoria B.C. Canada V8W 3N6 Phone (250) 721-6119 Fax (250) 721-8774 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Visit our Web Site! http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp/ Distribution List: To receive monthly updates, send a request to [log in to unmask] =================================================================== UPCOMING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MUSEUM & HERITAGE PROFESSIONALS =================================================================== On Campus Courses: 1998: Museums at the Crossroads Sept 14-19 Planning for Community Cultural Stewardship Oct 19-24 Financial Management in Cultural Heritage Organizations Oct 28 - Nov 6 1999: Public Programming in the Heritage Community Jan 25-30 Cultural Diversity: The Inclusive Museum Feb 15-20 Curatorship Mar 1-6 Museums in Historic Buildings Mar 22-27 Approaches to Repatriation April 12-17 Managing Archaeological Information Apr 19-24 Distance Education courses: Introduction to Museum Studies May-August, Sept-April From Principles to Practice: Introduction to Heritage Conservation Sept-April Human Resource Management Oct 5 1998-Jan 22, 1999 Museum Information Management Jan 18-April 23, 1999 Collections Management Jan 12 - Apr 23, 1999 ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 11:16:49 -0000 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Stephen Nowlin <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: *****Newbie Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" >Hi, > >I am new and have a question. I am not an informed art enthusiast and >have an >aunt comming from Italy for a visit in Sept---nearly the whole month. SHE >DEFINALELY IS!!! As a mother, I know all the children's museums, but need >adult art, paintings and sculptures mostly. > >I could look in the paper, the yellow pages, etc. But, what I really need is >some real in put on the museums that must not be missed. We live just a >little north of the LA area and I don't want to travel more than 2 hrs or so. > >Any suggestions will be most appreciated. > >Love and Laughter, >Karen >of >http://karens-health-boutique.com > If you come to Pasadena to see the places mentioned by others (Huntington Garden & Library, Norton Simon Museum, Pacific Asia Museum), come see us too. We're in the hills above the Rose Bowl: Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena. Our student gallery is a treat, also. Have fun, ___________________________________________________________________________ Stephen Nowlin Director, Williamson Gallery Vice President Producer, Art Center Online Art Center College of Design www.artcenter.edu ___________________________________________________________________________ ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 14:28:10 -0500 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Jennifer Jukes <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Articles on Historic Building & Site Libraries In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT I recently signed onto this list as part of a course on art and museum librarianship that I am taking at Catholic University. One of our assignments is to do a project about some general museum library concerns and then compare it to specific case examples. I am interested in historic buildings and sites and would like to do my project on this topic but have run into an obstacle: I have found plenty of articles on the sites themselves but cannot find much on their library facilities, especially from a scholarly perspective. Does anyone out there have any suggestions of articles or places to look on this specific subject? Thank you. Jennifer Jukes [log in to unmask] ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 14:17:59 -0500 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: "Vescolani, Bert" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Free entry to [UK] major museums and galleries is NOT yet "gu aranteed" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Thanks for the very interesting information. -----Original Message----- From: Boylan P [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Saturday, July 25, 1998 3:30 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Free entry to [UK] major museums and galleries is NOT yet "guaranteed" Though I am sure that the Daily Telegraph story is correctly transcribed, I am afraid that there is in fact no "guarantee" in the (English) Culture Secretary's announcement. Chris Smith, the Minister who made the reported announcement has no standing at all in the other three kingdoms of the UK - Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, all of which now have admission charges at some national museums, and the announced additional funding does not apply to any of these three countries, nor to the significant number of "charging" national museums in England that are funded through other ministries, notably Defence. More substantially, without new legislation (which has not been announced) the Minister does not have the legal power to force even those national museums funded by his own ministry to drop admission charges. Most of the current trustees, who have to power to accept or reject the minister's proposals and wishes, were appointed by the last government, as were most of the current directors, and it is very widely believed that a philosophical stance that was strongly pro-admission charges was seen as an important pre-requisite for both trustee and senior staff (especially director) appointments in many cases. Those who have been such strong advocates of admission charges as a matter of principle would therefore have to make very public climb-downs before they could voluntarily agree to the implement the Minister's proposals. Indeed, only last night the director of one of the largest national museums explicitly refused to confirm that the minister's proposals would be implemented. Patrick Boylan ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 13:11:54 -0700 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Dave <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Articles on Historic Building & Site Libraries MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Jennifer Jukes: You have stumbled upon a part of the question: the problem of scholarship in museums. Museum libraries do exist, but in the role of "and also featuring" kind of support to the museum's collections. Often they are nearly inconsequential, but there are some museums where the library is the jewel hidden in the closet or garret--unknown to all but a few. Of course, within the parameters of the problem assigned to you, is a much deeper issue: what is the best purpose for the museum, its collections , it research/scholarship? To understand the needs of a library, one must first answer these questions. To know what is already known is recitation and rote--one must ask (and answer) the greater questions... and see the greater issues. To see the landscape as being what is in one's room, denies the existence of the landscape beyond one's room--and the reality and existence of something for which one has neither anticipated nor has considered as existing. If you direct your focus to the deficiencies in scholarship, the inexoriable shift towards community-museum interaction and programming, and the role of collections, libraries and active education goals, I think you will find what you see if already before you: within the limited vision of the programme, the problem assigned, and the professor's anticipated response from you. Step beyond those limitations and see those greater issues and solutions. Dave Wells Olympia WA > I recently signed onto this list as part of a course on art and museum > librarianship that I am taking at Catholic University. One of our > assignments is to do a project about some general museum library concerns > and then compare it to specific case examples. I am interested in historic > buildings and sites and would like to do my project on this topic but > have run into an obstacle: I have found plenty of articles on the sites > themselves but cannot find much on their library facilities, especially > from a scholarly perspective. Does anyone out there have any suggestions > of articles or places to look on this specific subject? > > Thank you. > > Jennifer Jukes > [log in to unmask] ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 10:11:29 -0700 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: k stahr <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Publication question MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I think that Visual Understanding in Education is actually the name of Philip Yenawine and Abigal Housen's consulting firm, based, I believe in NYC. And yes, Philip was director of education at MoMA for a time. Good luck with your project. Karen Stahr-Kim ---------- > From: Leah Schroder <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Publication question > Date: Sunday, July 26, 1998 7:45 PM > > In continuing my research on artists with disabilities I have been referred to > several resources. One I believe might be an article rather than a book, and > can not figure out the source. Perhaps someone reading this may know. > > The article (or book) is titled Visual Understanding in Education by Philip > Yenawine and Abigail Housen. Does this sound familiar to anyone? > > Thank you, > Leah Schroder ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 16:58:28 EDT Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Laura A Dell <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Articles on Historic Building & Site Libraries We have an extensive historical library which is open to the public and well used. The library is used by professionals in research and by the general public, especially people working on family geneologies. Call Cincinnati Museum Center at (513) 287-7000 and ask for the historical library if you would like more information. They may also be able to lead you to institutions which are a better fit to your research topic. Laura Dell Science Exhibit Coordinator, Children's Museum Cincinnati Museum Center [log in to unmask] > >> I recently signed onto this list as part of a course on art and >museum >> librarianship that I am taking at Catholic University. One of our >> assignments is to do a project about some general museum library >concerns >> and then compare it to specific case examples. I am interested in >historic >> buildings and sites and would like to do my project on this topic >but >> have run into an obstacle: I have found plenty of articles on the >sites >> themselves but cannot find much on their library facilities, >especially >> from a scholarly perspective. Does anyone out there have any >suggestions >> of articles or places to look on this specific subject? >> >> Thank you. >> >> Jennifer Jukes >> [log in to unmask] > _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 16:19:33 -0500 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Allison Reid <[log in to unmask]> Organization: The Museum of Mobile Subject: Job description: Volunteer Coordinator Comments: To: Museum-Ed list <[log in to unmask]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Greetings Everyone, The Museum of Mobile is in the process of creating a "Volunteer Coordinator" position. I would be very interested in seeing job descriptions and salaries from other museums, especially those in the Southeast region (although a national comparison would be very helpful,too). Any suggestions for the position would be appreciated as well! Thanks in advance, Allison Reid Curator of Education The Museum of Mobile 355 Government Street Mobile, AL 36602 334.208.7510 [log in to unmask] ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 09:07:04 +1200 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: [log in to unmask] Subject: Today in History JULY 28TH 1945 M. Sax unveils his new musical invention the saxaphone to a French audience. He evidently specified that he wished his instrument to be only used by SERIOUS musicians. So much for casual sax! Dr Drum _____________________________________________________________________ Take a visit to DR DRUM'S NOT-FOR-PROFIT BOOKSHOP http://members.tripod.com/~DrDrum_2/Bookshop.html Hundred's of professional titles online ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 15:52:51 -0700 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Jennifer Jaskowiak <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: *****Newbie In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" You are in luck because Los Angeles has more museums per capita than any other city in the country. Besides the ones already mentioned by others, there is also: California African American Museum (in Exposition Park, next to the new California Science Center and the Natural History Museum) Los Angeles County Museum of Art Santa Monica Museum of Art The Armand Hammer Museum at UCLA (Westwood area) and, since you are interested in September, I can also recommend my museum, Fisher Gallery at the University of Southern California (we open September 9 with a new exhibition of work by Robert Farber) Jennifer Jaskowiak Curator Fisher Gallery University of Southern California > >---Karen Downing <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I am new and have a question. I am not an informed art enthusiast >and have an >> aunt comming from Italy for a visit in Sept---nearly the whole >month. SHE >> DEFINALELY IS!!! As a mother, I know all the children's museums, >but need >> adult art, paintings and sculptures mostly. >> >> I could look in the paper, the yellow pages, etc. But, what I >really need is >> some real in put on the museums that must not be missed. We live >just a >> little north of the LA area and I don't want to travel more than 2 >hrs or so. >> >> Any suggestions will be most appreciated. >> >> Love and Laughter, >> Karen >> of >> http://karens-health-boutique.com >> > >== >Indigo Nights >[log in to unmask] > >_________________________________________________________ >DO YOU YAHOO!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 15:48:47 -0600 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Susan E Sax-Willock <[log in to unmask]> Subject: VISUAL ARTS ALBERTA FACT SHEET 9807-12 Comments: To: FACT SHEET <[log in to unmask]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT VISUAL ARTS ALBERTA ASSOCIATION FACT SHEET * 9807-12 *Please Copy&Distribute with the support of the Alberta Foundation for the ARts and Alberta Community Development Distributed by fax, mail and email, also on the Listserves: Museum-L, Modernism, Popular Culture, LawObserver, Electronic Communications. **Views expressed & notices provided are not necessarily those of Visual Arts Alberta Association** VAAA NEWS: - "MEET AND GREET" BREAKFAST at Red Deer College, Theatre Alberta and Visual Arts Alberta co-hosted a breakfast and tour for their summer programs Artstrek, Series and Summerscapes on 9 July. Representatives of the Boards for Theatre Alberta, Visual Arts Alberta, Red Deer College, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts attended as well as Stockwell Day, MLA Red Deer-North, Provincial Treasurer; Laurie Blakeman, MLA Edmonton-Centre; Victor Doerksen, MLA Red Deer-South and Raj Pannu, MLA Edmonton-Strathcona. ***RESIDENTIAL SUMMER SCHOOLS AT RED DEER COLLEGE - SUMMERSCAPES, for youth (15-17 yr.), August 2-7; HOT GLASS May 4 - August 17, THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN CARVING SCHOOL August 3-7. Contact: Anne Brodie, 403.342.3130, 1-888-886-arts, [log in to unmask] - For our Hand Weavers, Spinners and Dyers of Alberta members please note that included in the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies exhibit My Grandmother's Attic: Textiles by and from many generations of Bow Valley Women there is a display of Master Weaver Mary Andrews work. Mary Andrews taught at the Banff School of Fine Arts. Exhibit runs until Sept.12. Contact: 403.762.2291 SHORT BITES: ! The Muttart Public Art Gallery, Calgary announces the appointments of Mike Aymong & Alderman Joe Ceci to its Board of Directors. ! Kay Marie Enns, Calgary was secured the contract to produce the floral artwork for Gudren Penselin, Clinical Herbal Therapist, Grande Prairie. (reference - notice posted in the 9804-10 VAAA FACT SHEET) ! Ottawa - Three images of pregnant women, painted by Audrey Furlong, have been removed from a mall at the Ottawa Civic Hospital after some people found them offensive. The paintings illustrated the stages of pregnancy from both inside and outside a women's body. (Red Deer Advocate. 5 June 1998:A8) ! Italy - Archeologists, digging beneath the Emperor Trajan's Baths, uncovered a vivid fresco of rare quality apparently showing a bird's-eye view of ancient Rome. (The Edmonton Journal. 15 March 1998:B12) ! Camus, Albert. Resistance, Rebellion, and Death. New York: Vintage International, 1995. "Great ideas, it has been said, come into the world as gently as doves. Perhaps then, if we listen attentively, we shall hear, amid the uproar of empires and nations, a faint flutter of wings, the gentle stirring of life and hope. Some will say that this hope lies in a nation; others, in a man. I believe rather that it is awakened, revived, nourished by millions of solitary individuals whose deeds and works every day negate frontiers and the crudest implications of history. As a result, there shines forth fleetingly the ever threatened truth that each and every man, on the foundation of his own sufferings and joys, builds for all (from "Create Dangerously" a lecture given at the University of Uppsala in December 1957:272)". ! Provincial Archives Move - A government study, looking at the feasibility of moving the Alberta provincial archives - housed in the west wing of the Provincial Museum of Alberta since 1967, is considering a former Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) satellite campus in Stony Plain. The report is expected to be complete in August or September 1998. A decision on the archives move may not be made until 1999. MLA Laurie Blakeman, the Liberal critic for community development, has called for public meetings to discuss the issue. (The Edmonton Journal. 1 July 1998:B2) ! The Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) Working Group on Cultural Policy for the 21st Century issued its final report 26 June 1998. The working group process began in September 1997 and has involved dozens of artists and cultural workers from across Canada and virtually every discipline and cultural industry in its deliberations. Two key objectives in the report are the creation of content by Canadians and a strong emphasis on the rights of cultural participation by all of our citizens through enhanced access to artistic works and cultural materials produced by Canadians. The Report was distributed to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, provincial ministers of culture and the media. Copies are available from the CCA ($5.00 for members, $10.00 for non-members). The Executive summary and key recommendations are on the CCA website www.culturenet.ca/cca/. (CCA Bulletin. 26 June 1998) NOTICES: · Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Art Acquisition through Slide Submission deadline October 1, 1998 contact 403.427.9968 (outside Edmonton call 310-0000 to be connected toll free) · Canada Post has issued stamps commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Refus Global manifesto publication. It was developed by the Automatistes, a group of Montreal artists lead by Paul-Emile Borduas, who denounced the paternalism and intellectual repression of Quebec institutions and who advocated for the right to personal freedom in cultural and spiritual expression · Art-Ventures at Profiles Public Art Gallery, St.Albert - drop-in children's programs, Saturdays, 1-4 p.m. · Flux glassworks international inc., Canmore - hot glass studio. Contact 403.678.5051, www.fluxglass.com · Canada Council for the Arts deadlines: Sept.1 - Creation/Production Grants to Professional Visual Artists; Sept.15 - Project Grants to Organizations-Assistance to First Peoples for Curatorial Residencies in the Visual Arts. Prizes awarded through regular application process, deadlines 1 Sept.: Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award; Joseph S. Stauffer Prize. See www.canadacouncil.ca or call 1.800.263.5588 · For information on a new journal - International Journal of Arts Management - contact 514.340.5629 · "Off the Wall" summer wrap up party, Muttart Public Art Gallery, Calgary - Aug.22, contact 266.2764. · In celebration of the Alberta Community Art Clubs Association's 30th anniversary, they have selected a series of 8 works from their permanent collection to feature as a series of cards "1968-1998". Works by Pearl Brunner, Margaret Seelye, Martha Houston, Jean Stephenson, Dorothy Gardiner, Lillian Nunn, Hilda Sherbeck. $10./set + postage. Contact Jo Ann Nanninga 403.674.4549 or Heather Brown 403.674.6691 · Management Development for the Arts at the Banff School for Management, Aug.3-19, scholarships available, contact Dan Thorburn 1.800.590.9799 · Historical Art Tour of Holland & Belgium, Oct.13-25, preceded by 3 lectures at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. Contact Artful Journeys 678.3395 · SNAP Courses, Edmonton - Independent Projects, Etching, Woodcut/Collagraph. Contact 433.3269 OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE: - 13 MO. CONTRACT, Acting Director-Curator, The George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto; Contact: 416.586.8085 by 31 July 1998 - Call to Artists for Exhibitions in 1999, Devonian Art Gallery, Calgary - deadline 31 Aug., contact Lori Humphrey 403.268.4728 - On 29 Aug., as part of their Back to the Beach back to school promotion, Capilano Mall, Edmonton is holding a Sand Sculpting Contest. Six teams of two people will compete for a cash prize of $500. Building area: 10x10'; Entry fee: $10.; To enter contact: Blane Stretch 403.477.2785 or Tammy Marrelli 465.0987. EXHIBITIONS:Camrose Art Walk 98 - until Aug 31; Caritas Art Enrichment Group, Grey Nuns Gallery, 0 level, Edmonton - The Eye of the Beholder, until Aug.25; Devoncian Art Gallery, Calgary - Beyond Pazyryk - Aug.5-27 - opening Aug.6; FAB Gallery, Edmonton - The Dolls of Japan, until Aug.10; Prairie Art Gallery, Grande Prairie - Man Trouble, Redressing the Crone, Best of the Unseen, Recent Works by Nick May - until Aug.23; Profiles Public Art Gallery, St. Albert - Myriad, until Aug.29 - opening Aug.5; Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge - Mario Reis, The Buchanon Legacy, until Aug.16. ******************************* Susan E. Sax-Willock, Executive Director Visual Arts Alberta Association 205 Provincial Building 346-3rd St., S.E. Medicine Hat, AB, T1A 0G7 (403)504-4140, fax (403)526-7016 1-800-635-3187, [log in to unmask] ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 00:10:54 EDT Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Comments: Converted from OV/VM to RFC822 format by PUMP V2.2X From: Jane Glaser <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Job description: Volunteer Coordinator In-Reply-To: note of 07/27/98 17:11 See the position description for Volunteer Coordinator (among the 30 p.d,'s) in MUSEUMS: A PLACE TO WORK, PLANNING MUSEUM CAREERS...Routledge Press, 1996. By Jane Glaser with Artemis Zenetou. Libraries, Museums, AAM Bookstore,etc. ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 07:52:27 -0400 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Harry Needham <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Articles on Historic Building & Site Libraries Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Jennifer; Dave makes some very good points. My experience is that the majority of museum libraries do not cater much to casual users off the street, and not much more to the buffs. Most are designed to support the collections, for use by internal and serious outside researchers, and their collections are thus closely related to the mandate of the individual institution in which the library is housed. Hence you will find a heavy emphasis on ethnology, archaeology, folk art and Canadian history at a museum such as the Canadian Museum of Civilization and on military history in our own library. We recently relocated out library to the building which houses the 98% of our collection that is NOT on display, so that serious researchers would have "one-stop shopping" - but this has made it quite inaccessable to the casual visitor. You mentioned your interest in historic sites. My experience is that few of these have outstanding libraries, though there are exceptions. I have never seen the library at Colonial Williamsburg, but, because of the size of their operation and the requirement for a high level of research activity, I assume it is excellent. One quite small site that has a wonderful library is Fort Ticonderoga, on the eastern border of New York (state). It has some truly unusual material from the 18th and early 19th centuries and I confess to being quite awed when their management showed me through it last summer. It is NOT intended for use by the general public, from what I could see, but it is a unique research tool for the serious student. Some museums do make an honest effort to turn their libraries into multi-faceted research centres that cater as much to the public as to their own staffs. The very best example I have seen is the Australian Museum in Sydney, where the library seems heavily used by a wide variety of people. It is also unusual in that it contains a variety of artifacts, as well as the more common library materials. When I was there a couple of years ago, they even had a live Queensland cockroach in a terrarium - an enormous armoured beastie which was the librarians' pet! Other museums, such as the Glenbow in Calgary, take a different tack, creating small learning centres containing books, magazines and other materials in each of the individual galleries, so that visitors have material readily at hand to answer basic questions and do some deeper exploring. Still other museums use computers to give the visitor access to what a library provides - information of various kinds and in various depths. The Minneapolis Institute of Art has done some interesting work in this area, to provide the visitor with more information and comparative images from other museums, in at least one of their galleries. The distinction between libraries and exhibit-based learning centres is becoming fuzzier and fuzzier and, for the general public, that seems to be a very good thing. Harry Needham Special Advisor - Programme Development Canadian War Museum 330 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Canada K1A 0M8 Voice: (819) 776-8612 Fax (819) 776-8623 Email: [log in to unmask] > ---------- > From: Dave[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Reply To: Museum discussion list > Sent: Monday, July 27, 1998 4:11 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Articles on Historic Building & Site Libraries > > Jennifer Jukes: > > You have stumbled upon a part of the question: the problem of > scholarship in museums. Museum libraries do exist, but in the role of > "and also featuring" kind of support to the museum's collections. Often > they are nearly inconsequential, but there are some museums where the > library is the jewel hidden in the closet or garret--unknown to all but > a few. > > Of course, within the parameters of the problem assigned to you, is a > much deeper issue: what is the best purpose for the museum, its > collections , it research/scholarship? To understand the needs of a > library, one must first answer these questions. To know what is already > known is recitation and rote--one must ask (and answer) the greater > questions... and see the greater issues. To see the landscape as being > what is in one's room, denies the existence of the landscape beyond > one's room--and the reality and existence of something for which one has > neither anticipated nor has considered as existing. > > If you direct your focus to the deficiencies in scholarship, the > inexoriable shift towards community-museum interaction and programming, > and the role of collections, libraries and active education goals, I > think you will find what you see if already before you: within the > limited vision of the programme, the problem assigned, and the > professor's anticipated response from you. Step beyond those limitations > and see those greater issues and solutions. > > Dave Wells > Olympia WA > > > I recently signed onto this list as part of a course on art and museum > > librarianship that I am taking at Catholic University. One of our > > assignments is to do a project about some general museum library > concerns > > and then compare it to specific case examples. I am interested in > historic > > buildings and sites and would like to do my project on this topic but > > have run into an obstacle: I have found plenty of articles on the sites > > themselves but cannot find much on their library facilities, especially > > from a scholarly perspective. Does anyone out there have any > suggestions > > of articles or places to look on this specific subject? > > > > Thank you. > > > > Jennifer Jukes > > [log in to unmask] > ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 07:22:15 -0400 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Dennis Martin <[log in to unmask]> Organization: US Netway Subject: Re: National Historic sites v. National Landmarks Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit For the National Park Service, the Web page http://www.nps.gov/legacy/nomenclature.html has the following info: National Park: These are generally large natural places having a wide variety of attributes, at times including significant historic assets. Hunting, mining and consumptive activities are not authorized. National Monument: The Antiquities Act of 1906 authorized the President to declare by public proclamation landmarks, structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest situated on lands owned or controlled by the government to be national monuments. National Preserve: National preserves are areas having characteristics associated with national parks, but in which Congress has permitted continued public hunting, trapping, oil/gas exploration and extraction. Many existing national preserves, without sport hunting, would qualify for national park designation. National Historic Site: Usually, a national historic sitecontains a single historical feature that was directly associated with its subject. Derived from the Historic Sites Act of 1935, a number of historic sites were established by secretaries of the Interior, but most have been authorized by acts of Congress. National Historic Park: This designation generally applies to historic parks that extend beyond single properties or buildings. National Memorial: A national memorial is commemorative of a historic person or episode; it need not occupy a site historically connected with its subject. National Battlefield: This general title includes national battlefield, national battlefield park, national battlefield site, and national military park. In 1958, an NPS committee recommended national battlefield as the single title for all such park lands. National Cemetery: There are presently 14 national cemeteries in the National Park System, all of which are administered in conjunction with an associated unit and are not accounted for separately. National Recreation Area: Twelve NRAs in the system are centered on large reservoirs and emphasize water-based recreation. Five other NRAs are located near major population centers. Such urban parks combine scarce open spaces with the preservation of significant historic resources and important natural areas in location that can provide outdoor recreation for large numbers of people. National Seashore: Ten national seashores have been established on the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific coasts; some are developed and some relatively primitive. Hunting is allowed at many of these sites. National Lakeshore: National lakeshores, all on the GreatLakes, closely parallel the seashores in character and use. National River: There are several variations to this category: national river and recreation area, national scenic river, wild river, etc. The first was authorized in 1964 and others were established following passage of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968. National Parkway: The title parkway refers to a roadway and the parkland paralleling the roadway. All were intended for scenic motoring along a protected corridor and often connect cultural sites. National Trail: National scenic trails and national historic trails are the titles given to these linear parklands (over 3,600 miles) authorized under the National Trails System Act of 1968. Affliated Areas: In an Act of August 18, 1970, the National Park System was defined in law as, "any area of land and water now or hereafter administered by the Secretary of the Interior through the National Park Service for park, monument, historic, parkway, recreational or other purposes." The Affiliated Areas comprise a variety of locations in the United States and Canada that preserve significant properties outside the National Park System. Some of these have been recognized by Acts of ongress, others have been designated national historic sites by the Secretary of the Interior under authority of the Historic Sites Act of 1935. All draw on technical or financial aid from the National Park Service. Other Designations: Some units of the National Park System bear unique titles or combinations of titles, like the White House and Prince William Forest Park. The National register of important Places is at http://www.cr.nps.gov/crweb1/nr/welcome.htm As stated there: The National Register of Historic Places is the Nation's official list of cultural resources worthy of preservation. Authorized under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Register is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect our historic and archeological resources. Properties listed on the Register include districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects that are significant in American history, architecture, archeology, engineering, and culture. The National Register is administered by the National Park Service, which is part of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Included among the more than 68,000 listings that make up the National Register are: all historic areas in the National Park System; over 2,200 National Historic Landmarks, which have been designated by the Secretary of the Interior because of their importance to all Americans; properties across the country that have been nominated by governments, organizations, and individuals because they are significant to the nation, to a state, or to a community. The Web site address for the NPS is http://www.nps.gov/ Dennis Martin Volunteer, Steamtown NHS http://www.cs.uofs.edu/~steamtwn Jack Surmani wrote: > At 05:35 PM 7/7/98 -0400, Deb Fuller wrote: > >Hi all! > > > >I'm doing research on historic sites in an area and am a bit confused on > >what is the difference between a National Historic Site, a National > >Landmark and probably some other variations that I'm missing. What are the > >criteria for each of the categories and how does one tell? > > > >Thanks! > > > >Deb Fuller > >Staples & Charles > > > > > Contact your State Historic Preservation Office (Office of Historic > Preservation, etc.). The State office will have free information on the > criteria for each, any pertinant state historic site designations and > probably an inventory of the historic sites in the region that you are > researching > > Suzanne Guerra ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 21:49:07 GMT Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: [log in to unmask] Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion Subject: The Value of an M.A. - $7.25/hr? I found this posting while searching for museum jobs on CareerPath. It sounded interesting - until I got to the salary. Does anyone else feel that this rate of pay devalues the potential applicant's education? I remember a thread from a few months ago along similar lines, but I wanted to share this with the list. Thank you, Anita Overcash Giles Arts Programmer Boarman Arts Center Martinsburg, West Virginia <[log in to unmask]> EDUCATION SPECIALIST (PART-TIME) The City of Newport News is recruiting for part-time Education Specialist positions to plan, develop, and present educational programs for the interpretative benefit of the visiting public and educational groups. Supervises interns/volunteers, coordinates special events, presents hands-on programs, works with schools to schedule programs and is responsible for the dissemination of historical/public relations materials. Requires a bachelor's degree in museum studies, education, history or other related field with considerable related experience or specialized education. A master's degree is preferred. Museum/teaching experience may be substituted for graduate work. Requires a valid driver's license. Salary is $7.25 per hour. To apply, submit a City application by August 7, 1998 to: City of Newport News, Personnel Department, 2400 Washington Avenue, Newport News, VA 23607. EOE Published: 07/26/98 - Hampton Roads, Va. Daily Press -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- http://www.dejanews.com/rg_mkgrp.xp Create Your Own Free Member Forum ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 05:01:19 GMT Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Carl Bosard <[log in to unmask]> Organization: Ceramics Unlimited Subject: Re: The Value of an M.A. - $7.25/hr? The value of education and pay has not been in line for many years, My father looked for two years for work and was turned away as over-qualified with a MA. I earn more money part-time as a house-remodeler than as an exhibits EE. The museum workforce is viewed as a slave to the non-profit mentality, i.e. "Museums don't make a profit - WHY SHOULD YOU!" And until there is a labor shortage - the pay will stay the same - in fact - why pay? Just use volunteers. ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 15:54:16 +0100 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Bob Melling <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Quicktime VR now online! MIME-Version: 1.0 In article <[log in to unmask]>, Mark Friedman <[log in to unmask]> writes >Check out the newest feature on our Museum's website: > Quicktime Virtual Reality, 360 degree panorama's of certain exhibits, > starting with our new Lord Admiral Nelson Gallery ( >http://www.mariner.org/exhibits/nelson/ ) > >In addition, our permanent August Crabtree Gallery of Miniature Ships is >unbelievable, with the models appearing to be suspended in mid-air ( >http://www.mariner.org/images/qtvr/ct.html ) > >I would look forward to other Museum's experience with such technology >online, and how users react to the required PLUGINs, and their long >download times. > >Mark Without any disrespect to the content of your new site's VR or of your gallery, can I point out in the interests of accuracy of museum scholarship that Nelson's full designation is Admiral Lord Nelson not Lord Admiral..... - assuming it's the Nelson whose statue stands aloft in Trafalgar Square. Similarly, for example, Field-Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein etc. Whilst the continuation of our honours system and the House of Lords is up for refreshing debate, we have to accept the given protocols when it comes to historical references! -- Bob Melling ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 15:16:09 GMT Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: *The* Didaskalos <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Calvin Coolidge "Michael T. Francis" <[log in to unmask]> wrote to and soc.history: == == --------------E055256BC5F5430848D85E12 == Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii == Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit == == SoloTogether member Jim Cooke will be performing as Calvin Coolidge at == the Kennedy Library in Boston, MA next Thursday , July 30, 1998 at == 12:45. Jim was also featured recently in a nice article about == Coolidge in the Sunday Boston Globe, "RECLAIMING, RECASTING CALVIN == COOLIDGE" Published on 07/12/98. == == --------------E055256BC5F5430848D85E12 == Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii == Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit == == == SoloTogether == member Jim Cooke will be performing as Calvin Coolidge at the Kennedy == Library in Boston, MA next Thursday , July 30, 1998 at 12:45. == Jim was also featured recently in a nice article about Coolidge in == the Sunday Boston Globe, "RECLAIMING, RECASTING CALVIN COOLIDGE" == Published on 07/12/98. == == --------------E055256BC5F5430848D85E12-- == *** NOTE *** NOTE *** NOTE *** NOTE You have posted two copies of your message. One is in MIME, which is bad enough, since it adds extraneous material and obscures your message, but you have also posted a copy in HTML, which comes through as a garbled mess. This unnecessary duplication means that your message takes 2-3 times longer to download than a decent, simple text message, and that a corresponding waste of extra disk space is required for storing it. Accordingly, I have adopted a practice of ignoring such messages except to post this comment. ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 23:55:46 GMT Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Craig Sturgeon <[log in to unmask]> Organization: Bell Solutions Subject: Research Knowledgebase--looking for input MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I am developing a Windows-base research software tool to track the raw results and conclusions for many different types of researchers--building a user-developed knowledgebase. The knowledgebase is to be shareable--LAN, intranet and internet accessible--based on user's requirements. I am not developing a INFOBASE for you to use--I am developing the software for researchers to build their own knowledgebases. My previous tool, TREE-O, is a genealogical, historical and genetic management system. It has a narrow focus for other types of research. This new product will be designed to broaden that focus. I have found genealogy is not unlike many different types of research. I have also noticed many different types of researchers are tracking similar data. Medical researchers are identifying the need of pharmaceutical, clinical, laboratory information management, primary record of care, genealogical, genetic, and family history tracking. Historians have defined needs to track not only historical events and historical sites, but to include genealogical information, ecological impacts, and migration patterns. Museum curators have been tracking and collecting artifacts, artifact cataloging, collecting historical information, and in some cases, genealogical data. Curators are now identifying the need to integrate artifact information with historical events, places, people, and their genealogical data, who had some relationship with the museum artifacts. There has been an overwhelming need to integrate these and other types of resources to aid in the development of knowledge bases. A knowledge base integrating specific users needs, which is linked with external resources, either within the same domain of the user or linked to an external domain, increases the knowledge of the data, reducing the time to draw future conclusions. The key to the development of any project, to integrate these needs and resources, is to develop the system generically, allowing the user to add new types of resources in the future without the need of changes to the software or underlying data structures. I am looking for input from many different types of researchers. I looking for direction of the life cycle of research projects--and the type of data each one brings to the table. If you'd like to provide input drop me a line at: [log in to unmask] Thanks, Craig http://bfree.on.ca/vmall/gcs/ ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 18:49:13 GMT Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: ShipLine <[log in to unmask]> Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Subject: Discovery Rooms If you have any information about starting a Discovery Room for children please mail it to me: Jane Rohrschneider, Mel Fisher's Maritime Museum, 200 Greene St., Key West, FL 33040 (305) 294-2633 ext. 20 ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 04:44:40 -0700 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: deanna l jordan <[log in to unmask]> Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services Subject: Re: membership strategies >I have questions, specifically for those of you in the historical >society museums or house museums about any great membership strategies >you can share with me. I am in the process of revamping a membership >program and could use some input. Respond on or off list. Thanks very >much! > >Chantel Seely >Washington County Historical Society Something I've tried before that worked reasonably well was to promote a theme of "everyone recruit one." Meaning that you your existing members are your best salesmen and most satisified customers. I sent every member a brochure (with a membership form as part of the brochure of course) with a nice letter explaining how expanding the membership base could work wonders for us and asking them to please pass it along to someone they thought would be interested in joining, or with the suggestion they buy a gift membership for someone they thought would appreciate it. We had considered at one time going with a special reduced rate, limited-time gift membership where for something like one-quarter to a third of the usual rate they'd receive 1/2 a normal member's duration of benefits for the new person they signed up. Then the idea was we'd sign up a good percentage of these gift people up as regular members when their special gift memberships expired, but we never followed through on the idea, so I don't know how well it would have worked. But theere's two ideas you might think about. Thomas E. (Pete) Jordon ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 00:02:22 GMT Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: "Robert L. Vaughan" <[log in to unmask]> Organization: National Capital Freenet, Ottawa, Canada Subject: Smiths Falls Ontario Jigger Festival Smiths Falls Railway Museum Third Annual Jigger Festival Sunday August 2 Monday August 3 10 am to 4 pm "A Celebration of Track Cars, Large and Small" Join us as we celebrate the history of the "jiggers" the small unremarked rail vehicles used for inspection and maintenance along the rail lines. During the festival visitors can see a variety of these unique cars, ranging from a three wheeled, single person velocipede to a 1947 Cadillac, outfitted with flanged wheels for operation along the rail lines. Train Operations Hooping-Up Demonstration Telegraphers Model Railroads Parade of Track Cars Motor Car Rides Wickham Car Ride Handcar rides Section Crew Demonstration Feature Car: former CPR M-260 1947 Cadillac Railcar Programme subject to change Twooney Admission Only $2.00 Children under 12 Free The Museum is located in Smiths Falls, Ontario about eighty kilometres south-west of Ottawa, at 90 William Street West. The Museum is housed in the railway station formerly operated by Candian National Railways. Call 613-283-5696 for more information. -- Robert L. Vaughan [log in to unmask] Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~bk681/index.html ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 16:28:40 +1200 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: [log in to unmask] Subject: Correction to Today in History The little snippit passed on from a received media realease today, re Mr Sax, should of course have been 1845 not 1945 as originally posted Dr D. ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 08:05:40 +0200 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Frank von Hagel <[log in to unmask]> Organization: Deutsches Uhrenmuseum Furtwangen Subject: Announcement MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I would like to invide you to our new Homepage http://www.deutsches-uhrenmuseum.de Until now I´m sorry that we could present our pages only in german. -- Greetings Frank von Hagel ________________________________ Deutsches Uhrenmuseum Furtwangen Gerwigstr. 11 78120 Furtwangen Tel.:07723/920 114 Fax :07723/920 120 mailto:[log in to unmask] Online Adresse: http://www.deutsches-uhrenmuseum.de ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 03:02:02 GMT Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: GailFJJMA <[log in to unmask]> Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Subject: Kurt Loewengard/Michael Snowden Does anyone have the birth and death dates of the German artist Kurt Loewengard? I am also looking for information about an artist named Michael Snowden. Thanks in advance. Gail Kana Anderson Assistant Director/Curator of Collections Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art The University of Oklahoma [log in to unmask] ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 08:08:20 +0200 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Frank von Hagel <[log in to unmask]> Organization: Deutsches Uhrenmuseum Furtwangen Subject: Announcement MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I would like to invite you to our new Homepage http://www.deutsches-uhrenmuseum.de I´m sorry that we could present our pages only in german, until now. -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen Frank von Hagel (wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) ________________________________ Deutsches Uhrenmuseum Furtwangen Gerwigstr. 11 78120 Furtwangen Tel.:07723/920 114 Fax :07723/920 120 mailto:[log in to unmask] Online Adresse: http://www.deutsches-uhrenmuseum.de ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 09:07:48 -0400 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Martha Jackson <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Wolfe Fire Update MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In a report released Monday, July 27, the Asheville/Buncombe Arson Task Force team determined that the fire at the boardinghouse at the Thomas Wolfe Memorial was the result of arson. The state of North Carolina is offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the guilty party or parties. For further information, please visit the website at: http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/hs/wolfe/wolfe.htm You can link to the information concerning the fire from here. Martha Battle Jackson, Registrar (919) 733-7862 NC Historic Sites Fax: (919) 733-9515 109 East Jones Street [log in to unmask] Raleigh, NC 27601-2807 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Opinions expressed in this message may not represent the policy of my agency. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live."--Mark Twain ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 09:10:56 -0400 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: D Mitchell <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: The Value of an M.A. - $7.25/hr? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 05:01 AM 7/27/98 GMT, you wrote: >The value of education and pay has not been in line for many years, My >father looked for two years for work and was turned away as over-qualified >with a MA. I earn more money part-time as a house-remodeler than as an >exhibits EE. > The museum workforce is viewed as a slave to the non-profit mentality, >i.e. "Museums don't make a profit - WHY SHOULD YOU!" > >And until there is a labor shortage - the pay will stay the same - in fact >- why pay? Just use volunteers. > I have watched the discussion about pay for a few weeks now and thought i would just through in an evil museum director's perspective. I just have to ask the question "Where will the money come from?" Most museums i am familiar with do not have large sources of income they hoard or spend on unimportant projects just so they can save money in salaries. I think for most museums it is always a struggle as to whether to spend money on additional personnel or increased compensation. Good staff is a tremendous asset, but so is no having personnel shortages. If compensation in museums suddenly increased across the board what would that mean for museums? Just a thought. Dave Mitchell President Ella Sharp Museum [log in to unmask] ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 09:27:30 EDT Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: "Christopher J. Dawson" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: The Value of an M.A. - $7.25/hr? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit well, even if you have an MA, you've got to start at the bottom. No one said that a higher degree meant that you start off as the boss. I had an MA, and was working on the Ph.D., and I started in a museum as a research assistant, earning $14,000/year. But I worked my butt off, and with a lot of luck and being in the right time at the right place, I was able to work into a better position. It just takes time and perseverance. Remember, you have to walk before you can run. Chris Dawson Curator of Urban and Industrial History Western Reserve Historical Society Cleveland, Ohio ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 09:40:39 -0400 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Ken Bloom <[log in to unmask]> Subject: job description Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Open Request for responses, Greetings to all, Texas Tech University is in the process of creating a "University Collections Curator" position. The primary tasks will be to establish an inventory for acquisitions spanning 75 years including outdoor sculpture. Following that this person will be responsible for planning a conservation process. And, of course, the University, which now has a 1% for the arts program, will be acquiring more outdoor sculpture. Can anyone offer models of job descriptions for such a post. Any suggestions for the position would be most appreciated. Bests, Ken Bloom, Director Landmark Arts: The Galleries of Texas Tech Department of Art, Box 42081 Lubbock, TX 79409 (806) 742-1947 [log in to unmask] ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 08:49:24 -0500 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: "Robert T. Handy" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: The Value of an M.A. - $7.25/hr? It would mean that Trustees would have to go out and work a little harder to raise funds; that you might have to charge the public a little more to get in; that you might have to create and operate a for-profit subsidiary, etc., etc. , etc. It might be that we have our heads so far up in the clouds, sniffing purified air, that we can't imagine ourselves engaging in those dirty, nasty activities that earn money. We are above that business aren't we? ------ Robert Handy Brazoria County Historical Museum museum_bob [log in to unmask] http://www.bchm.org ---------- From: D Mitchell[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 1998 8:45 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: The Value of an M.A. - $7.25/hr? At 05:01 AM 7/27/98 GMT, you wrote: >The value of education and pay has not been in line for many years, My >father looked for two years for work and was turned away as over-qualified >with a MA. I earn more money part-time as a house-remodeler than as an >exhibits EE. > The museum workforce is viewed as a slave to the non-profit mentality, >i.e. "Museums don't make a profit - WHY SHOULD YOU!" > >And until there is a labor shortage - the pay will stay the same - in fact >- why pay? Just use volunteers. > I have watched the discussion about pay for a few weeks now and thought i would just through in an evil museum director's perspective. I just have to ask the question "Where will the money come from?" Most museums i am familiar with do not have large sources of income they hoard or spend on unimportant projects just so they can save money in salaries. I think for most museums it is always a struggle as to whether to spend money on additional personnel or increased compensation. Good staff is a tremendous asset, but so is no having personnel shortages. If compensation in museums suddenly increased across the board what would that mean for museums? Just a thought. Dave Mitchell President Ella Sharp Museum [log in to unmask] ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 09:48:53 -0400 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Eric Siegel <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: MUSEUM-L Digest - 26 Jul 1998 to 27 Jul 1998 (#1998-209) In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Another strange infiltration of Disney into the museum. It's Disney who insists strongly that all visitors be referred to as guests. Not sure why, but its interesting to see the terminology being adopted in our field. >Subject: Job Opening: Guest Services Supervisor, San Jose, California, > USA > Eric Siegel Director, Planning & Program Development The New York Hall of Science http://www.nyhallsci.org Eric Siegel Director, Planning & Program Development The New York Hall of Science http://www.nyhallsci.org > -----Original Message----- > From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On > Behalf Of Automatic digest processor > Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 1998 12:30 AM > To: Recipients of MUSEUM-L digests > Subject: MUSEUM-L Digest - 26 Jul 1998 to 27 Jul 1998 (#1998-209) > > > ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 09:53:19 EDT Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Maria Munoz-Blanco <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: job description Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Ken: It seems to me that what you're looking for is a public art administrator! One of the state universities in Florida has a Public Art Coordinator position which may provide a good model job description. I think it's the University of South FLorida in Tampa. The position is somehow connected to the university's art museum. Maria Munoz-Blanco Assistant Director Fulton County ARts Council ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 09:52:10 -0400 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Polly Cegielski <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: The Value of an M.A. - $7.25/hr? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This has been one of my major griping points with this feild. My current company hires college students who haven't even graduated yet at $30k or above in salary. However, these money conscious students are in the process of graduating with a bachelor's in computers not museum studies or library science. I find it disappointing that a majority of the ads placed on this list require a master's degree but yet pay below what this degree would make in other feilds. I guess they don't value this type of education as much as other areas or they would be willing to pay more for the expertise. Carl Bosard wrote: > The value of education and pay has not been in line for many years, My > father looked for two years for work and was turned away as over-qualified > with a MA. I earn more money part-time as a house-remodeler than as an > exhibits EE. > The museum workforce is viewed as a slave to the non-profit mentality, > i.e. "Museums don't make a profit - WHY SHOULD YOU!" > > And until there is a labor shortage - the pay will stay the same - in fact > - why pay? Just use volunteers. I found this posting while searching for museum jobs on CareerPath. It sounded interesting - until I got to the salary. Does anyone else feel that this rate of pay devalues the potential applicant's education? I remember a thread from a few months ago along similar lines, but I wanted to share this with the list. Thank you, Anita Overcash Giles Arts Programmer Boarman Arts Center Martinsburg, West Virginia <[log in to unmask]> EDUCATION SPECIALIST (PART-TIME) The City of Newport News is recruiting for part-time Education Specialist positions to plan, develop, and present educational programs for the interpretative benefit of the visiting public and educational groups. Supervises interns/volunteers, coordinates special events, presents hands-on programs, works with schools to schedule programs and is responsible for the dissemination of historical/public relations materials. Requires a bachelor's degree in museum studies, education, history or other related field with considerable related experience or specialized education. A master's degree is preferred. Museum/teaching experience may be substituted for graduate work. Requires a valid driver's license. Salary is $7.25 per hour. To apply, submit a City application by August 7, 1998 to: City of Newport News, Personnel Department, 2400 Washington Avenue, Newport News, VA 23607. EOE Published: 07/26/98 - Hampton Roads, Va. Daily Press > ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 07:00:38 PDT Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Robert Lopata <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Compensation in Museums Content-Type: text/plain To respond regarding compensation in museum; Granted, the money simply doesn't appear to be there in many cases. However, having worked in Human Resources for about a year I understand that if you increase compensation across the board, what you generally get is a filter effect. That is, incresed compensation equals increases competition for positions, and therefore a higher degree of quality and performance. Also, and this is the important part, you get a staff that is not constantly looking for a new job. It costs as much to pay someone for 6 months as it does to replace them. This is a stat which should be considered in a field in which people move up by moving laterally. Finally, I recently settled on a job making not nearly what I'd like. However the choice was not a hard one. After months of being told by organizations that there was no negotiation of salary, there would be no performance/promotion reviews, and that they could not afford benefits, I had no trouble jumping at a job in which I received not a lot of money, but good benefits. In many cases it's not the money that makes people in museums feel devalued, it's the lack of any significant benefits. Benefits tell a person that you understand their needs and lives. The museum field has illustrated to me that it doesn't necessarily devalue its workers, but that it certainly doesn't understand their needs and values as people (HUMAN resources). Institutions should offer more not because we complain about it (we knew what we were getting into) but because it's the best way to get AND KEEP better people. -Rob Lopata [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 10:13:42 EDT Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Maria Munoz-Blanco <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Job Announcement Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit The following position is available at the Fulton County Arts Council, a local arts agency serving ten municipalities in Georgia's largest county (which includes the city of Atlanta). Grants & Contracts Specialist. Fulton County Arts Council, Atlanta, Georgia. As a member of the three-person Contracts for Services team, the Grants & Contracts Specialist assists the program manager in the administration of an annual re-granting program which distributes over $3 million to arts and cultural organizations in Fulton County (Atlanta, Ga.). Key responsibilities include providing information and assistance to applicants; guiding new and emerging organizations through the application and funding process; staffing peer review panels; drafting and executing contracts; managing contracts and payments; conducting and documenting site visits; and providing support with special projects. The ideal candidate is a self-motivated, detail-oriented taskmaster with broad interests and understanding of the arts; excellent written and communication skills; strong computer skills including expertise in word processing, spreadsheets and database software; ability and interest to work with a variety of organizations; experience with grantsmaking a plus! College degree in the arts or related discipline is required; master's preferred. Two years experience working with a cultural organization is a plus. Salary is low $20s plus benefits. Interested parties should mail cover letter and resume by Friday, August 7, 1998 to Maria Munoz-Blanco, Assistant Director, FUlton COunty Arts Council, 141 Pryor Street, SW, Suite 2030, Atlanta, GA 30303 or fax to 404/730-5798. ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 09:51:20 -0500 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: "Robert T. Handy" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: The Value of an M.A. - $7.25/hr? Shall we name you Horatio? Humor aside, you are correct. The question is, however, will you ever acheive a salary level comparable to that in other industries, no matter how hard you work? ------ Robert Handy Brazoria County Historical Museum museum_bob [log in to unmask] http://www.bchm.org ---------- From: Christopher J. Dawson[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 1998 9:01 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: The Value of an M.A. - $7.25/hr? well, even if you have an MA, you've got to start at the bottom. No one said that a higher degree meant that you start off as the boss. I had an MA, and was working on the Ph.D., and I started in a museum as a research assistant, earning $14,000/year. But I worked my butt off, and with a lot of luck and being in the right time at the right place, I was able to work into a better position. It just takes time and perseverance. Remember, you have to walk before you can run. Chris Dawson Curator of Urban and Industrial History Western Reserve Historical Society Cleveland, Ohio ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 11:24:10 -0400 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Edward Baker <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Numbering System Comments: To: [log in to unmask] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Wendy Wiener, A number of "living history" museums use an "E" to preceed a typical accession number on props, and reproductions. The E standing for, variably, "Education" or "Expendable." An "E number" then becomes an inventory control number rather than an accession number, since it is assumed that the "E collection" is not accessioned. Other museums used a "tiered" accession system where "E collection" items ARE accessioned. However, the collection policy specifically states that items in the lowest tier are useable, but must be reevaluated periodically; the assumption here being that 1) The numbers wear off any object in regular use, and 2) An object considered expendable today may be viewed as unexpendable in five, ten or twenty years - depending on the object and its material. The group of museums that seems to have worked on this the most are generally involved in ALHFAM - Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums. You might want to review the web site (address below). ********** Edward Baker Assistant Director, Interpretation Department Mystic Seaport Museum Box 6000 Mystic, CT 06355 (860)572-0711 ext 5080 [log in to unmask] ********** ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 12:22:01 PDT Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Elizabeth Stith <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: The Value of an M.A. - $7.25/hr? In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; X-MAPIextension=".TXT" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I really disagree with the idea that museums do not value the degree - = or whatever level of education - their employees have. I do know that = funding always hase been and always will be problematic for all but a rar= ified few of us. It seems to me that in most museums staff are paid to = the best ability of the organization. I have never experienced anything = else. If people new to the field feel that starting salaries are too low= then I invite them to rethink their choosen careers. I made a decision = many years ago that related to the quality of my life and one part of tha= t decision was an understanding that I was never going to make a fortune = doing what I want to do. It's called life. ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 12:16:36 PDT Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Elizabeth Stith <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: The Value of an M.A. - $7.25/hr? In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; X-MAPIextension=".TXT" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I do not feel that museums do not value the degrees - or whatever level = of education - their employees have. It has not been my experience that = any museum pays less than they can afford. I still believe that, except = for a few rarified institutions, funding will always be a problem and tha= t museum staff members will be paid as well as possible. If those new = to the field feel that the starting salaries are too low I invite them = to find ways to raise more money for staff salaries - not something most = donors are attracted to - or find another field. I made a decision sever= al years ago about the quality of my life and part of that decision was = the understanding that I was not going to make a fortune doing what I wan= t to do. At no time have I felt underappreciated because of my salary. = For me that are many other benefits which make up for a portion of salar= y - though certainly not all. ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 12:54:46 -0500 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Jennifer Bransom <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Part-time position - Washington, DC MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="simple boundary" --simple boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The Octagon, a historic house museum, is hiring two part-time Visitor Services Representatives. The two positions will cover approximately 40 hours per week (Tuesday - Sunday from 9:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.) in any mutually agreeable combination of 20 hours per week per position. If you know of anyone who may be interested in filling one of these positions, please have him/her call Jennifer Bransom at 202-626-7380. Resumes and cover letters may be faxed (202-879-7764), emailed ([log in to unmask]) or mailed (1799 New York Avenue, NW; Washington, DC 20006). A full position description is attached. 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12:00:41 -0600 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Margaret Grelle <[log in to unmask]> Subject: The University Museum MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello all-I'm looking for a phone number for the The University Museum in Philadelphia, PA. I found an old reproductions catalog (1968!!!!!) and I would like a newer one, really I would. Any info on this would be most appreciated. Thanks, Margaret. ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 13:39:47 EDT Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Comments: Converted from OV/VM to RFC822 format by PUMP V2.2X From: "Bruce C. Craig" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Articles on Historic Building & Site Libraries In-Reply-To: note of 07/27/98 16:42 While not concerned specifically with libraries in historic sites, the most recent issue of the Center for Museum Studies Bulletin features the article: "Possibilities and Strategies for Implementing the Museum Library into the Activities of Other Museum Departments." You can read the article on line at: http://www.si.edu/cms/bull/may98/barbosa.htm Bruce C. Craig Internet: [log in to unmask] Center for Museum Studies Smithsonian Institution A&I 2235-MRC427 Washington, DC 20560 (202) 357-3148 FAX:(202) 357-3346 ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 10:32:32 -0700 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: "Michael T. Francis" <[log in to unmask]> Organization: Innovative Synthesis Subject: Re: Calvin Coolidge Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit *The* Didaskalos wrote: > *** NOTE *** NOTE *** NOTE *** NOTE > > You have posted two copies of your message. > One is in MIME, which is bad enough, > since it adds extraneous material and > obscures your message, but you have also > posted a copy in HTML, which comes through > as a garbled mess. > > This unnecessary duplication means that > your message takes 2-3 times longer to download > than a decent, simple text message, and that a > corresponding waste of extra disk space is required > for storing it. > > Accordingly, I have adopted a practice of > ignoring such messages except to post this comment. Sorry, I had used the function to send mail messages and forgot to turn it off. ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 13:08:23 -0500 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: rgvmuse <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: mobiles, kinesthetic art MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit thanks to all who sent ideas and suggestions for our exhibit planning. i really appreciate it!!! Linn ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 13:57:26 -0500 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: "Robert T. Handy" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: The Value of an M.A. - $7.25/hr? Is it really a question of "making a fortune," or of making a living? We do have choices but so did dock and factory workers in the early part of the century. They did something about it. The did not role over as many accomodationists have a tendency to do. ------ Robert Handy Brazoria County Historical Museum museum_bob [log in to unmask] http://www.bchm.org ---------- From: Elizabeth Stith[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 1998 11:39 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: The Value of an M.A. - $7.25/hr? I do not feel that museums do not value the degrees - or whatever level of education - their employees have. It has not been my experience that any museum pays less than they can afford. I still believe that, except for a few rarified institutions, funding will always be a problem and that museum staff members will be paid as well as possible. If those new to the field feel that the starting salaries are too low I invite them to find ways to raise more money for staff salaries - not something most donors are attracted to - or find another field. I made a decision several years ago about the quality of my life and part of that decision was the understanding that I was not going to make a fortune doing what I want to do. At no time have I felt underappreciated because of my salary. For me that are many other benefits which make up for a portion of salary - though certainly not all. ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 14:42:04 -0400 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Belinda Nickles <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: The Value of an M.A. - $7.25/hr? Yes, salaries are too low. No, they won't raise anytime in the near future. I have 5 years experience in museums and an MA in historical administration and I have yet to make enough money to support my husband and myself while he finishes his degree. I have seen curatorial positions that had a job description that included everything but the kitchen sink and the pay was only $15,000 per year. A talk with the curator who was leaving the position revealed that it didn't pay enough for her to live on in the area where the museum was located. As a department head (curatorial department) I only made $20,000 a year--that's less than most beginning teachers (another low paid job). But then again, if I had been interested in only money I never would have gotten into this field. I am doing what I love and that is more important to me. There are museums out there who have money but are still skimpy in the salary area. Then again, there are hundreds if not thousands of museums who simply can't afford to pay more. As long as I work at a museum where I am respected and I'm doing what I love, I'll put up with the low pay. ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 16:15:45 -0400 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Deb Fuller <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: The Value of an M.A. - $7.25/hr? In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 02:42 PM 7/28/98 -0400, you wrote: > I only made $20,000 a year--that's less than most beginning teachers (another low paid job). But then again, if I had been interested in only money I never would have gotten into this field. I am doing what I love and that is more important to me. Depends on where you are. Begining teachers with a BA in the Northern Virginia area (right outside of DC) start around $28K. With an M.A., starting pay is around $32K. Top pay is around $60K. At the Smithsonian, entry level GS-5 work is about $20K with curators being at least as GS-9, around $30K. In the Shenandoah Valley in some counties, starting teacher's salaries are around $18K, but the few museums there are out there pay even less. >There are museums out there who have money but are still skimpy in the salary area. Then >again, there are hundreds if not thousands of museums who simply can't afford to pay more. >As long as I work at a museum where I am respected and I'm doing what I love, I'll put up with >the low pay. For small museums, I can understand the low pay. For larger ones, I don't understand it. I think a lot of it has to do with the management level people are museum people as opposed to business people. No, we aren't in it for the profits but even the big non-profit organizations out there have at least one person on their staff with an MBA in financial planning. Why don't museums? If we want to make the best use of what money we have, we need to start thinking like businesses and not like museums. Increasing admissions, begging for donations and relying on grants isn't going to make it. Museums need to get people knoweldgeable in business finance, specifically non-profit business finance, to look at where money is being wasted and how money can be spent wiser. It might turn out that a few "exclusive" wine and cheese parties a year will fund a 5% salary increase. Or maybe completely restructuring the membership program will attract more donors. The gift shop could be run very ineffeciently or marketing is lacking. There are lots of opportunities to get money needed to run a museum and pay the employees a respectable wage. No, we aren't ever going to be paid as much as computer consultants but we don't need to earn a pittance just because we love our jobs either. Deb Fuller -------------------------------------------- Staples & Charles Ltd. 225 N Fairfax St. Alexandria, VA 22314 USA 703-683-0900 - voice 703-683-2820 - fax [log in to unmask] ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 16:16:48 -0400 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Susan Glassman <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: The University Museum In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> from "Margaret Grelle" at Jul 28, 98 12:00:41 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The University of Pennsylvania Museum (now known as the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology) telephone number is 215-898-4000. That's the number for general information. Good luck. Susan Glassman Wagner Free Institute of Science -- ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 16:06:19 -0500 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: "Robert T. Handy" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: The Value of an M.A. - $7.25/hr? Right On! ------ Robert Handy Brazoria County Historical Museum museum_bob [log in to unmask] http://www.bchm.org ---------- From: Deb Fuller[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 1998 3:54 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: The Value of an M.A. - $7.25/hr? Museums need to get people knoweldgeable in business finance, specifically non-profit business finance, to look at where money is being wasted and how money can be spent wiser. It might turn out that a few "exclusive" wine and cheese parties a year will fund a 5% salary increase. Or maybe completely restructuring the membership program will attract more donors. The gift shop could be run very ineffeciently or marketing is lacking. There are lots of opportunities to get money needed to run a museum and pay the employees a respectable wage. No, we aren't ever going to be paid as much as computer consultants but we don't need to earn a pittance just because we love our jobs either. Deb Fuller -------------------------------------------- Staples & Charles Ltd. 225 N Fairfax St. Alexandria, VA 22314 USA 703-683-0900 - voice 703-683-2820 - fax [log in to unmask] ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 14:00:57 -0700 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Elizabeth Johnson <[log in to unmask]> Subject: records management Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Are there any museums that have established a satisfactory records management programme for their institutional records, especially exhibition records? We would be especially interested to know what you retain from exhibit records, and how you organize them, given their complexity. We face the added complication of being a university museum, so it is often difficult to distinguish personal research records from institutional records. I would welcome the chance to discuss these problems. Thank you very much. Elizabeth Johnson Elizabeth L. Johnson, Curator of Ethnology U.B.C. Museum of Anthropology telephone 822-6788 fax 822-2974 ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 17:05:40 -0400 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Ross Weeks <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: The Value of an M.A. - $7.25/hr? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I agree entirely with Elizabeth and some others. Yes, museums "ought" to try to pay more. Many "ought" to learn to get by with fewer staff, and pass the savings on to those whose positions are essential. Hundreds can afford only one staff member, not always fulltime. These are wonderfully rewarding places for a professional to work. No, it's not simply a matter of trustees raising more money, as someone suggested. There are too many cultural organizations in most communities competing for the same pool of philanthropy. Yes, lots of our most thoughtful trustees and donors COULD give lots more money. So could corporations. They probably won't, and never have. To encourage museum people to organize, in the fashion of dockworkers and coalminers, as one writer suggested, will simply shut many of our institutions down. -----Original Message----- From: Elizabeth Stith <[log in to unmask]> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.museum-l To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tuesday, July 28, 1998 12:25 PM Subject: Re: The Value of an M.A. - $7.25/hr? >I really disagree with the idea that museums do not value the degree - or whatever level of education - their employees have. I do know that funding always hase been and always will be problematic for all but a rarified few of us. It seems to me that in most museums staff are paid to the best ability of the organization. I have never experienced anything else. If people new to the field feel that starting salaries are too low then I invite them to rethink their choosen careers. I made a decision many years ago that related to the quality of my life and one part of that decision was an understanding that I was never going to make a fortune doing what I want to do. It's called life. ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 14:26:00 -0800 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: JHANDLEY <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: The Value of an M.A. - $7.25/hr? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In response to Deb Fuller--- Preach it sister! You're right on. John Handley San Francisco ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ From: Deb Fuller[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 1998 3:54 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: The Value of an M.A. - $7.25/hr? Museums need to get people knoweldgeable in business finance, specifically non-profit business finance, to look at where money is being wasted and how money can be spent wiser. It might turn out that a few "exclusive" wine and cheese parties a year will fund a 5% salary increase. Or maybe completely restructuring the membership program will attract more donors. The gift shop could be run very ineffeciently or marketing is lacking. There are lots of opportunities to get money needed to run a museum and pay the employees a respectable wage. No, we aren't ever going to be paid as much as computer consultants but we don't need to earn a pittance just because we love our jobs either. Deb Fuller -------------------------------------------- Staples & Charles Ltd. 225 N Fairfax St. Alexandria, VA 22314 USA 703-683-0900 - voice 703-683-2820 - fax [log in to unmask] American Academy of Ophthalmology http://www.eyenet.org ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 16:43:19 -0500 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: DeAnn Gould <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Museums and Unions MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain This last comment sparked a question that I have been meaning to ask -- how many of you are employed by or know of a non-profit or museum that has a union for its employees? The institution I work for has been presented with a petition from employees to unionize -- an official vote is just weeks away. Based on the research I have done (unions, National Labor Relations Act, SEIU local 46, etc.) -- a union would not be in the best interest of a non-profit arts organization nor its employees. What are some of your thoughts? DeAnn Gould -----Original Message----- From: Ross Weeks [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 1998 4:06 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: The Value of an M.A. - $7.25/hr? I agree entirely with Elizabeth and some others. Yes, museums "ought" to try to pay more. Many "ought" to learn to get by with fewer staff, and pass the savings on to those whose positions are essential. Hundreds can afford only one staff member, not always fulltime. These are wonderfully rewarding places for a professional to work. No, it's not simply a matter of trustees raising more money, as someone suggested. There are too many cultural organizations in most communities competing for the same pool of philanthropy. Yes, lots of our most thoughtful trustees and donors COULD give lots more money. So could corporations. They probably won't, and never have. To encourage museum people to organize, in the fashion of dockworkers and coalminers, as one writer suggested, will simply shut many of our institutions down. -----Original Message----- From: Elizabeth Stith <[log in to unmask]> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.museum-l To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tuesday, July 28, 1998 12:25 PM Subject: Re: The Value of an M.A. - $7.25/hr? >I really disagree with the idea that museums do not value the degree - or whatever level of education - their employees have. I do know that funding always hase been and always will be problematic for all but a rarified few of us. It seems to me that in most museums staff are paid to the best ability of the organization. I have never experienced anything else. If people new to the field feel that starting salaries are too low then I invite them to rethink their choosen careers. I made a decision many years ago that related to the quality of my life and one part of that decision was an understanding that I was never going to make a fortune doing what I want to do. It's called life. ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 17:56:42 -0400 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: Sophia C Vackimes <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: The Value of an M.A. - $7.25/hr? In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII I think $7.50 is not demeaning. It is obscene. At U.C. Berkeley without even a bachelors degree I used to make $10.00 an hour and more. Now with a masters (which I have begun to hide on my resume) I am applying for jobs that are under $10. Jobs that take months to hear about a decision being made, and mind you; I live in New York City which is supposed to be a museum panacea. Sophia Vackimes ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 17:23:30 -0500 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: "Robert T. Handy" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Museums and Unions Why not? ------ Robert Handy Brazoria County Historical Museum museum_bob [log in to unmask] http://www.bchm.org ---------- From: DeAnn Gould[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 1998 5:16 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Museums and Unions a union would not be in the best interest of a non-profit arts organization nor its employees. ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 17:14:11 -0500 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: "Robert T. Handy" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: The Value of an M.A. - $7.25/hr? I was not suggesting that we organize like coal miners and dock workers. I was suggesting that we not roll over and accept the idea that because we are "service" workers we don't deserve to be paid a livable wage. One writer suggested that we just accept our plight or go into another career. I suspect that this kind of idea comes from someone who merely supplements a spouse's salary. There are people in this industry who must support a families; probably some single parents. Can they do that on their current museum pay or must they work a second job? Point: let's not roll over! ------ Robert Handy Brazoria County Historical Museum museum_bob [log in to unmask] http://www.bchm.org ---------- From: Ross Weeks[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 1998 4:43 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: The Value of an M.A. - $7.25/hr? To encourage museum people to organize, in the fashion of dockworkers and coalminers, as one writer suggested, will simply shut many of our institutions down. ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 14:11:40 -0800 Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> From: "Michael A. Lewis" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Museums and Unions Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >The institution I work for has been presented with a petition from >employees to unionize -- an official vote is just weeks away. Based on >the research I have done (unions, National Labor Relations Act, SEIU >local 46, etc.) -- a union would not be in the best interest of a >non-profit arts organization nor its employees. Why would a union not be in the best interest of the employees?