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In article <[log in to unmask]>, Laura
McMann <[log in to unmask]> says:
Actually, I believe that that is the European model. The United States is
filled with museums built from ideas first, and collections later. The
Holocaust Museum is a particularly good and recent example.>
Claudia Nicholson
Curator of Collections
South Dakota State Historical Society, Pierre
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>Aren't museums typically built to house an existing collection rather
>than the other way around???
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>Laura McMann
>Museum Studies Program
>George Washington Univ.
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>On Tue, 13 Feb 1996, Heidi Anderson wrote:
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>> Here is a hypothetical situation:
>> You are hired to open a new museum in an old vacant bank builing. You
>> need to develop a three year plan for the museum to present to the board
>> of directors. In the first year, your budget is $80,000 from which you
>> take $20,000 for your salary. My question:
>> Who else would be wise to hire to help get the museum up and running? I
>> think maybe a collections manager.
>> Where might a new museum obtain collections especially considering the
>> low budget? I think it would be wise to advertise the opening of the
>> museum in the newspaper and hope people would bring thier old things to
>> it to donate or obtain a loan as the first exhibit.
>> What percentage of the budget might be used for such functions as
>> maintenance and operation? I have no idea how much it might cost to
>> renevate a building or what electric might cost.
>> If anyone can offer any suggestions and maybe a little direction, please
>> help.
>> Thanks
>> Heidi
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