Kerridwen Harvey wrote : KH>Can any of you suggest good reading on the subject of the value of museum >collections - by value I mean not so much the economic value but the value >to society (more of a kind of "moral" value)? I have some articles on >natural science collections. I have some documents entitled `What value Heritage?', `What Price Heritage' and `Heritage Collections in Australia' from Department of Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourimm, and Territories, the Department of Finance and the Heritage Collections Working Group, Australia. I don't have addresses for the Depts, but the last has Margaret Anderson, National Centre for Australian Studies, Monash University on the title page. They're about 5 yrs old, but may be of use. Perhaps a museum-l'er from down under could give you more info on where to find them. Glyn Balkwill National Cultural History Museum, Pretoria, South Africa [log in to unmask]