I would like to get this conversation going on-line! Great way to find out how many ethnically-specific museums are out there. Best, John T. Suau Meetings and Diversity Coordinator American Association of Museums 1575 Eye Street, NW - Suite 400 Washington, DC 20005 (202)218-7676 [log in to unmask] >From: Karen V Heege <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Ethnic museums >Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 14:14:31 EDT > >Greetings; > >I am interested in hearing from people who work at any type of ethnic >museum. Some topics I'd like to discuss include: Whose history or >experience does your museum portray, the "home" country, or the >experience in America? What time period(s)? Is your museum an independent >entity or are you affilitated with a larger organization, such as a >benevelent society? What percentage of the staff, paid and volunteer, is >of that particular culture? Who is your audience, the general public or >the ethnic group? Are you associated with any type of ethnic organization >consortium? What does your museum exhibit, history, art or some >combination? > >Please respond off list unless you think this a worthy topic for general >discussion. > >Many thanks in advance. > >Karen Heege >[log in to unmask] > >___________________________________________________________________ >Get the Internet just the way you want it. >Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! >Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. > >========================================================= >Important Subscriber Information: > >The Museum-L FAQ file is located at >http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ 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). ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ 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).