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I think these need to be taken a case at a time......obviously a private
non-profit museum in a rural area considers itself very lucky to have
knowledgeable volunteers since the government doesn't provide for staff
salaries.
In other cases, urban museums with lots of prestige may have a waiting
list for volunteers. They can be as choosy as they want to be.
Then there are government museums, and having directed two in the
Williamsburg VA area, I learned quickly that people expected to be paid for
the work ordinarily done by volunteers -- that was part and parcel of being
in a tourist economy.
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> From: Dill, Christopher L <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Volunteers & Personal Collecting
> Date: Monday, August 25, 1997 9:36 AM
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> Ross Weeks said: "The question is, when does a
> volunteer relinquish the freedom of being a private
> citizen?"
>
> Hmmm. We they cross the "barrier" into our secure
> areas and start working with our artifacts? When they
> "go to work" for us, and become part of our public
> relations team? When they become something more than a
> public level visitor to the museum, and, in fact,
> become part of our crew - team - staff? Any of these
> will suffice for me :)
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> Obviously we're not going to do anything horrid to a
> volunteer who collects in competition with us, but do
> we want them representing us? I don't, because their
> loyalty is elsewhere. Seems to me that the AAM Code of
> Ethics has a whole section entitled "Loyalty and
> Conflict of Interest," and specifically mentions
> volunteers. So does ours.
>
> Chris Dill
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