One must include interpretation and public education, otherwise all you have is a dusty and inaccessable library used by only a few... On Mon, 21 Aug 1995, Tom Vaughan wrote: > I think it was George Brown Goode who defined a museum as a "consultative > library of objects." I've like that every since I first heard it, and it > fits the mission of cultural resource management, as it has defined itself > for me in 30 years of working with it...preserving information potential > (information is defined broadly here, to include the potential to awe, > inspire, etc.). > > That seems relevant to what museums are about. > > tom Vaughan > The Waggin' Tongue > > Tom Vaughan > > The Waggin' Tongue >