Hi,

I've been following quietly your discussion on Spanish museums and I do feel that you're placing too much emphasis on private versus 
governmental issues in what concerns the development of a country's museological sphere. I confess I'm not very familiar with what happens on the other side of the border but from what I know I feel that maybe you're restricting your analysis to major National museums situated in major cities. I'm Portuguese and I understand your point of view. However, from my experience I would never restrict myself to what happens inside great National museums in Portugal. You see there are 660 museums in this country, only 28 (I'm not sure about this number but I can confirm if you wish) are State governed museums. That gives local authorities and other private actors great opportunities to induce change from below. Or do you feel that change and innovation can only be induced from above? 


-----Original Message-----
From:   ANA Ribera [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Quarta-feira, 17 de Março de 1999 23:06
To:     [log in to unmask]
Subject:        Re: spanish museums

 Hi,
 Thanks for your answers about Spanish Museums. I will like to know how
private museums works in U.S.A and how they manage to get the money for
exhibitions and for developing interactive programs that attract the
public.
 In Spain there´s no private museums, and as you can imagine it´s almost
impossible to introduce any innovation in instituions that depends on
goverments and cultural policy.

                 Ana Ribera


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