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According to Ken Yellis:
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> On Wed, 4 Jan 1995 11:50:34 -0500,
> Holly Trimper <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> >I'm curious: has there ever been a survey or inventory as to the type of
> >museums and folks on this list? What I mean is, what percent of us
> >museum-l-ers are natural history museum people, how many history, how many
> >art, etc etc.? I realize that an exact count is impossible because people
..................> >sites. Only 9% natural history! Eek! I was wondering if
those
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> Also, the numbers of museums say nothing about their relative sizes and,
> therefore, staffing levels. Many natural history museums are huge -- ours
> is midsized, I guess -- and some art museums are as well; a very large
> number of history museums and especially historic sites, on the other hand,
> have few or no paid staff.
Nor do the numbers of museums say anything about the size of
thecollections - maybe only 9% natural history museums - but
these hold more than 50% of the collections in terms of
quantity ... according to the AAM Museums Count data --
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Paisley S. Cato, Ph.D. e-mail: [log in to unmask]
Curator of Collections phone: 703-666-8634
Virginia Museum of Natural History fax: 703-632-6487
1001 Douglas Ave., Martinsville, VA 24112
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