>The Fort MacArthur Museum is a weekend military museum >Given our almost nonexistent staff, budget and weekend hours, can >anyone suggest an inexpensive software for collections? May I suggest Lotus Approach? It's cheap, it's fully relational and user-friendly, and it should be able to handle anything you want to do for the forseeable future. Since it can save in any of several x-based formats, you can easily implement a more powerful engine such as dBase, Paradox, etc., with no problem if you suddenly get rich. Art Arthur H. Harris Laboratory for Environmental Biology Centennial Museum University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX 79968-0519 USA Fax (915) 747-5808 [log in to unmask]