The fact that the general public can not always identify the arcane specialities of the museum field in no way suggests that they do not value museums. (Is this a record for the number of negatives in a single sentence?) When I tell people I work in a museum, the response is likely to be interest, or wistfulness (I always wanted to be a.....), or (sometimes vague) enthusiasm. Off hand, I can't recall many negative reactions in almost 25 years. Am I living a charmed life? Ann Mintz Orlando Science Center (formerly Franklin Institute Science Museum, Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology)