>Robbin Murphy wrote (in part): >No challenge intended, I was seeking clarification since I have >a feeling we basically agree...... The fact remains: >how do we pay for museums in this day and age? ...... I don't think >they will come out of the education departments, either. Thanks to Robbin. I again apologize for being too harsh or wordy. The museum is fundamentally a collection of materials that need to be preserved. The interpretation (education function) can be done with curators working in close association with universities, secondary and even primary educators. By shifting some of the expenses of interpretation back into the education community the museum could be made more economical as well as more interactive. The education community has resources that museums don't (alumni endowments, bonds, taxes, etc.). Emphasizing the museum gallery as the showplace for new audio/visual techniques takes resources away from the primary mission which is usually to collect and preserve. Paul Apodaca