To clarify my usage of "art gallery:" in Canada, the institution that
you call the "art museum" is generally called the "public art
gallery," we also call art dealers' establishments "galleries" but
they are usually called "commercial galleries." The public gallery I
was refering to is generally a collecting, publicly funded museum that
is characterized by a programme of changing temporary exhibitions,
examples would be the Art Gallery of Ontario, the National Gallery of
Canada, etc.
Sorry for the confusion,
Robert 


On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 23:40:08 EST, David E. Haberstich <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> In a message dated 3/1/2005 6:00:47 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
> 
> << I had thought that any institution with the word "gallery" in its name was
> only
> for people who wanted to buy art. >>
> 
> I confess that I'm a little confused by both the original question and some
> of the responses.  What exactly do you mean by the term "public art gallery?"
> Are you making a distinction between an art "gallery" and a museum?  Or does
> the question simply contrast art museums with other kinds of museums?  Yes,
> "galleries" usually, or at least often, refer to art dealers' establishments.
> Yet, as we know, many art museums, such as the National Gallery of Art in
> Washington, use "gallery" in their names.
> 
> David Haberstich
> 
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