Dear H.M.L. Burchmore--

I'd be glad to comment on this, but perhaps off line?  If you will send me or
post your e-mail address, I'll reciprocate with comments.  I think the biggest
question will be the choice of verbs.  "Forced?"  "Trapped?" By whom?  Some may
choose those routes.  Many do not.  Some choose to deal with local material, but
does that mean that they are of "purely local significance?"  Some global issues
can be illuminated with local examples.

Gordon Murdock
Bell Museum of Natural History
and Museum Studies Minor Program
University of Minnesota
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In message  <[log in to unmask]> Museum discussion list writes:
> I'm currently doing a MSc in Museum Studies (in England)and would
> like to find out what curators, visitors and researchers think the
> current role of natural history in museums is. Are museums being
> forced down the "Disney" path, trapped into displays of purely local
> significance, or is there now a wider, more global role for museums
> to play? What do you think?? Please let me know. Thanks !!