REPLY TO 06/13/94 12:09 FROM [log in to unmask] "Museum discussion list": Museum architecture San Diego museum conservation---sorry, I forgot to note your name before responding. We at the Stanford University Museum of Art are beginning a similar ordeal. You might contact the Getty for some information regarding especially the seismic questions and also the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco. With regard to facilities, my personal opinion is that the new collections management facilities of the Smithsonian---which handle all sorts of materials---are excellent, and you may wish to contact them for general discussions. It is amazing how many things confront one confronts in this profession that are never even mentioned in school! Good luck, and perhaps we can commiserate in the future. We have worked up an extensive program and hired an architect and are now proceeding with conceptual discussions. You might also want to glance at the Joan Darragh & James Snyder, "Museum Design: Planning and Building for Art (Oxford, 1993) which I've found to be an excellent guide. Bernard Barryte, associate director/chief curator, Stanford University Museum of Art To: [log in to unmask] cc: [log in to unmask]