>I've just begun browsing the World Wide Web and have found several stores >and malls that are on the web - mostly music, flowers, gifts, and computer >products. (if you want to see what they're like, one example is NetMarket >at http://www.netmarket.com/ ) As a past museum director, I started >thinking about how a museum could do something similar as a means of >generating earned income. Does anyone know if any museum stores are doing >this, and if so, what their web addresses are? Any comments as to how >appropriate/reasonable people feel this idea might be would also be >appreciated. > >Thanks! >Winnie DelliQuadri We put our Christmas mail order gift catalog out as an experiment. It was a little crudely done (by me), but it cost us nothing to do, and it supplemented our member's mailing. The URL is http://www.usc.edu/lacmnh/default.html Choose "Gift Selection Center". We're considering doing more of this, but it's low priority. I feel that we need to flesh out the information content of our page before we start to branch out. Jim -------------------------------------------- Jim Angus Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Molecular Systematics Laboratory/Web Manager 900 Exposition Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90007 (213) 744-3317 [log in to unmask] http://cwis.usc.edu:80/lacmnh/default.html http://www.cco.caltech.edu:80/~aonghais/