I feel very strongly about this sort of attitude towards others in the
museum profession.  These sort of remarks have no place within the museum
profession.  I have recently finished a Resource sponsored study working
with small voluntary museums in the north of England.  I have the greatest
admiration for the hard work, enthusiasm and dedication they show to their
museums.  They work with little or no budgets and produce work of the
highest quality.  They work within the community and care for local heritage
interests.  If the author has web based skill then they would be better used
in working with the museums community rather than sneering at the hard work
of others.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Crawley [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 1:37 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: New Website


museum-guide.co.uk is a new website which aims to look at the mediocre, the
bad and the downright ugly in the ever growing world of museum websites in
the United Kingdom. In the headlong rush to get online, many museums have
produced websites which do them no credit. The need to stake a place in
cyber space has meant that many museums have rushed ahead with websites,
often employing volunteers or inexperienced, untested and unskilled people.
Curators would not employ these people to design museum displays, yet they
are quite happy to let them loose on a museum website which has an
unlimited potential audience. museum-guide.co.uk will highlight poor or
indifferent web design and content, in the hope that it will stimulate
higher standards of website creation.

The launch has focused on three museum websites, Neath Museum, Bolton
Museums and Camborne Mining Museum. A new website will be added every two
weeks.

It can be found at www.museum-webguide.co.uk

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