Actually (back to you), we have experienced increased visitation as a result of people seeing our web site. They are coming from far away places, too! ------ Robert Handy Brazoria County Historical Museum 100 East Cedar Angleton, Texas 77515 (409) 864-1208 museum_bob [log in to unmask] http://www.bchm.org ---------- From: Steve Eichner[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, May 14, 1999 9:13 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Online Exhibits Actually, this was the discussion at several sessions at AAM last month. Some of us are working hard in this area and are especially concerned about museum-web technologies and visitation. -Steve Eichner [log in to unmask] > -----Original Message----- > From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On > Behalf Of Mark Friedman > Sent: Thursday, May 13, 1999 8:17 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Online Exhibits > > > I am surprised to see so little discussion on MUSEUM-L about the > creation ( and the purpose, audience, funding, and evaluation) of online > exhibits for Museum web sites. > > How can a Museum possibly create something electronic, while still > achieving its agreed upon mission, without some sort of discussion and > decision as to how to combine online exhibits and online educational > materials. I constantly read postings about people wanting to know how > to make money on their Museum and Library web sites - what a bunch of > crap I think that is. Nobody stands up at Museum-L to write "How can I > make more money with my upcoming traveling exhibit" - but expect their > web sites to perform better? > > Looking forward to some active and frank discussion on this topic. > > Mark > -- > Mark Friedman "The fights are so vicious > Manager of Information Systems because the stakes are so > & Webmaster low." > The Mariners' Museum > (757) 591-7756 VOICE (757) 591-7311 FAX > personal email: [log in to unmask] http://www.mariner.org > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://museums.state.nm.us/nmmnh/museum-l.html. You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://museums.state.nm.us/nmmnh/museum-l.html. You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://museums.state.nm.us/nmmnh/museum-l.html. You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).