> please stop sending me this stuff, I am no longer subscribing to this list! >There are 40 messages totalling 1183 lines in this issue. > >Topics of the day: > > 1. museum directory > 2. Shows at the National Gallery of Art (3) > 3. open Collections Storage > 4. Masters prog > 5. Museum "Camp-ins" > 6. New Mission Statements (2) > 7. Art Science connections > 8. Camp-ins (2) > 9. Space Exhibit > 10. ADA & historic homes > 11. Is there a good Museum Ticket Sales System? > 12. Souvenir pens (3) > 13. Revised Mission Statement Request > 14. Books on Current Computer Technology and Museums (2) > 15. 1997 Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program (2) > 16. Dioramas/Mini-dioramas > 17. Privatization of municipal museums > 18. Suggested Donation (2) > 19. Museum Archival Supplies Handbook > 20. NAGPRA-L??? (2) > 21. Austin Cooley and other requests > 22. Contract Samples > 23. Civil War flag display > 24. Stanchions? > 25. Museum Studies - UBC > 26. fans > 27. Magic eye painted glass > 28. Curious question (2) > 29. Designer seeks "Hall of Fame" > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 20:46:02 -0400 >From: NyRanger4 <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: museum directory > >In article <[log in to unmask]>, "Jane S. Becker" ><[log in to unmask]> writes: > >>Does anyone know if the AAM's Museum Directory is available on-line, and >if >>so, how to access it? >> >>Thanks. >> >>Jane Becker >> >> > >I am not sure if this will help, but I would start by looking at their web >site. >http://www.americanmuse.org/aam > >good luck >Arthur Fleischmann >http://funrsc.fairfield.edu/~8_mapuzz/art/homepage/ > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 00:27:18 -0400 >From: "Robert A. Baron" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: Shows at the National Gallery of Art > >At 05:53 PM 10/24/96 -0400, Hank wrote: > >> The Washington Post gave it mixed reviews. Paul Richard in Style gave >>it a rave. In the Weekend section (tomorrow), I describe it as a >>well-mounted retrospective of an artist who started strong but finished >>rather weakly because of his excessive infatuation with Caravaggio. >> >> It's a fascinating show, and besides, any excuse for visiting the >>National Gallery is a good one. > >Hank, come on! Sure La Tour is classified as a northern Carravigist >painter, but to say that he suffers from an infatuation with Caravaggio >seems to ignore the vast difference in style and purpose between the two. >It is not even clear that he saw any Caravaggios. If there is an >infatuation, it is with an idea, not an image, this is the idea that light >and the absence thereof can be used to compose a painting. But whereas >Caravaggio uses light to bring out the dynamics of human action and emotion, >La Tour uses light to model structure, underline stasis, express calm and >promote medidation. Indeed, the penchant for interior scenes lit with a >single source of light, quite common among the northern Caravaggisti, has no >counterpart among the works of the Italian master. If the privately >commissioned works (and some public ones) by Caravaggio contain hidden or >emblematic meanings that cater to the sophisticated homoerotic tastes of his >patrons, La Tour has none of that. Instead, as, for example in the Berlin >St. Sebastian, the full force of developed counter-reformation stylistic >idiology has come into play. The event from Saint Sebastian's life that is >portrayed, is the moment when he is taken down from the tree and tended to >by the nurse Irene. (?) La Tour poses it to make it consonant with and evoke >images of the life of Christ, here, the deposition. La Tour may not be the >great master that Caravaggio was, but to pit one against the other forces >observers to misconstrue, I think, their separate and unique messages. > >I, for one, intend to see this show. Do you know the dates? Will it be in >D.C. over Xmas? > >Robt > >================================== >Robert A. Baron >Museum Computer Consultant >P.O. Box 93, Larchmont, NY 10538 >[log in to unmask] > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 15:05:25 EST >From: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: open Collections Storage > >The Australian War Memorial opened a new storage building, called the >Treloar Centre, in April 1994. We really wanted a building to enable us to >display our collection of large technology items, but we desperately needed >some decent storage room, so we reached a compromise in which our new >storage area has an enclosed elevated walkway for the public to view the >stored collection. > >The Treloar building is about 10 kilometres from the main Memorial >building, and does not have any commemorative function. We charge a modest >entry fee, and have an Information Assistant in the walkway to answer >queries etc., and there are photographs, paintings small displays and text >panels adjacent to major items. For a larger fee guided tours are conducted >on the floor, but these are usually reserved for special interest groups, >and we insist on group bookings to make it financially viable for us. > >After a relatively slow start due to poor street signage & lack of P.R. the >attendance figures have become large enough for us to make it worthwhile to >be open to the public. We currently open the building to the public on >Wednesdays and Sundays, and Monday to Thursday during school holidays. If >visitor demand increases then we will consider opening more frequently. The >feedback that we have had from visitors has been excellent, with many >suggesting that they would still come if the admission fee was higher than >it is. > >George Bailey >Objects Conservator >Australian War Memorial >Treloar Centre for Conservation >4 Callan St, Mitchell, A.C.T. 2911 >Australia >Phone: +61 6 241 6122 >fax: +61 6 241 7998 >email: [log in to unmask] > >------------------------------ > >Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 22:40:34 -0400 >From: AlphaRed 6 <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Masters prog > >Both the University of Oklahoma, and the University of Central Oklahoma >offer Masters courses in the museum field. I am currently in the program >at OU . > >------------------------------ > >Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 01:34:35 GMT >From: "Michelle K. Falzone" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: Museum "Camp-ins" > >The Children's Museum in Boston has overnight programs for children. You >may want to contact them. Their telephone number is(617)8855. > >Michelle K. Falzone >[log in to unmask] > >On Wed, 23 Oct 1996, James McCabe wrote: > >> Henry Ford Museum is developing a camp-in program. This consists of a >> variety of evening activities around the Museum, followed by a sleep over >> on the museum floor. The program is being developed to accomodate about >> 200 kids and chaperones (at a roughly 1 to 10 ratio). The target >> audience right now are girl scout troops and the like. >> >> We would be interested in hearing what the experience of others who have >> done this type of program has been. What makes them successful, what are >> the potential pitfalls, and so on. >> >> Thanks >> >> Jim McCabe >> Collections Management & Care >> Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village >> Dearborn, MI 48121 >> [log in to unmask] >> > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 07:05:10 +0000 >From: "Harry Needham (Tel 776-8612)" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: New Mission Statements > >The Canadian Museum of Civilization and Canadian War Museum (and, I'm sure, the >other national museums of Canada), viz., > >The Canadian Museum of Nature >The National Gallery of Canada >The National Museum of Science and Technology >The National Aviation Museum >The Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography > >The Glenbow in Calgary also rewrote its mission statement as part of a >largescale reorganization a few years ago. > >Harry Needham >Canadian War Museum > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 08:06:41 -0400 >From: Hank Burchard <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: Shows at the National Gallery of Art > >On Fri, 25 Oct 1996, Robert A. Baron wrote: > >> At 05:53 PM 10/24/96 -0400, Hank wrote: >> >> > The Washington Post gave it mixed reviews. Paul Richard in Style gave >> >it a rave. In the Weekend section (tomorrow), I describe it as a >> >well-mounted retrospective of an artist who started strong but finished >> >rather weakly because of his excessive infatuation with Caravaggio. >> > >> > It's a fascinating show, and besides, any excuse for visiting the >> >National Gallery is a good one. >> >> Hank, come on! Sure La Tour is classified as a northern Carravigist >> painter, but to say that he suffers from an infatuation with Caravaggio >> seems to ignore the vast difference in style and purpose between the two. >> It is not even clear that he saw any Caravaggios. If there is an >> infatuation, it is with an idea, not an image, this is the idea that light >> and the absence thereof can be used to compose a painting. But whereas >> Caravaggio uses light to bring out the dynamics of human action and emotion, >> La Tour uses light to model structure, underline stasis, express calm and >> promote medidation. Indeed, the penchant for interior scenes lit with a >> single source of light, quite common among the northern Caravaggisti, has no >> counterpart among the works of the Italian master. If the privately >> commissioned works (and some public ones) by Caravaggio contain hidden or >> emblematic meanings that cater to the sophisticated homoerotic tastes of his >> patrons, La Tour has none of that. Instead, as, for example in the Berlin >> St. Sebastian, the full force of developed counter-reformation stylistic >> idiology has come into play. The event from Saint Sebastian's life that is >> portrayed, is the moment when he is taken down from the tree and tended to >> by the nurse Irene. (?) La Tour poses it to make it consonant with and evoke >> images of the life of Christ, here, the deposition. > > Yes, yes, yes and yes. But the St. Sebastian, like many of La Tour's >mature works, looks like a painting of a wood carving. > >> La Tour may not be the >> great master that Caravaggio was, but to pit one against the other forces >> observers to misconstrue, I think, their separate and unique messages. > > It is not I but the National Gallery of Art (and the Kimbell) who have >pitted them mano a mano. It's my belief that La Tour might have become a >master of the first rank had he not been infected with tenebrism. > >> I, for one, intend to see this show. > > If you think I was trying to warn patrons away, you misread me. It's a >terrific show. > > Do you know the dates? Will it be in >> D.C. over Xmas? > > It runs through January 5, then moves to the Kimbell (Fort Worth) >February 2 - May 10. > > Hank Burchard * <[log in to unmask]> * Washington DC | USA > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 09:10:24 -0400 >From: Children's Museum <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: New Mission Statements > >At 02:46 PM 10/24/96 -0400, you wrote: >>I am looking for information on museums that have revised or rewritten their >>mission statements in the past 20 years. Does anyone know of any such >>institutions? >> >>Please respond off-list to [log in to unmask] Thank you for your assistance. >> >>Catherine Lewis >>American Studies >>University of Iowa >> >> > >Hi Catherine > >We rewrote our mission statement this year. We had one that was three >paragraph long and it is now three words. "Learning, Experiencing and >Creating." If you would like more information on the process, please >contact me. > >Timothy S. Allen >Children's Museum >311 Main St. >Utica, NY 13501 >315-724-6129 > >------------------------------ > >Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 22:25:00 GMT >From: Dave Lawrence <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: Art Science connections > >Ivy Strickler wrote: >> >> I haven't been following this thread, > >Me either, but I do remember an issue of "Scientific American" called >'Science and the Arts' from 1995. I can not find my copy so don't ask >for a Volume or Issue. > >It was a reprint of several articles they had run over the decades. I >do remember one that dated to 1958 and one from 1995. > >Hope it can be of use. > >James E. May >Curator of Fine Arts >Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites >[log in to unmask] > >*** currently using a friend's account [log in to unmask] > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 08:13:44 -0500 >From: Susan Patterson <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: Camp-ins > >The St. Louis Science Center and the St. Louis Zoo both offer camp-in >opportunities for the Cub Scouts in our region. Speaking as a Cub Scout >leader who has slept on those hard floors I can say that lack of sleep was >the only downside of the activity. The kids (and adults) were thoroughly >engaged -- we had eight kids with three adult leaders. This may sound like >a high ratio of adults to kids, but in this case more is better! I would >encourage any start up camp-in endeavor to tap into an existing structure, >i.e., scouts, clubs, etc. These groups are always searching for meaningful >programming, and have their own 'rules' about how meetings can be conducted. >For example, cubs scouts REQUIRE a minimum of two adults at every meeting, >regardless of the number of children. >Susan Patterson >Manager of Information Services >The Saint Louis Art Museum >(314) 721-0072 x278 >[log in to unmask] > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 11:40:11 -0400 >From: Children's Museum <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Space Exhibit > >Hi Everyone! > >I am working with a group of gifted and talented students. As a class >project, they are going to update our space exhibit. We are looking for >ideas about hands-on, interactive space exhibits for children. Any and all >ideas are greatly appreciated. > >Thank You! > >Elaine A Rotenberry >Program Director > >Children's Museum >311 Main St >Utica NY 13501 >(315) 724-6129 > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 11:42:30 -0400 >From: Anne Lane <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: Camp-ins > >My husband is Director of Christian Education at a Presbyterian church. He >calls them "lock-ins" rather than sleep-ins, for reasons others have given >here. Anyhow, youth ministers and DCEs are great resources for >get-acquainted games and group-building activities that could be tailored >for museum use, as well as practical advice about unruliness, kids-to-adults >ratios, elderly bodies on hard floors, meals and snacks, whatever you need >to know. If you need any book titles for reading about the above subjects, >let me know and I'll get you a bibliography; if you'd like to talk to Robert >I can send you his phone #. >Anne Lane >Curatorial Assistant >Museum of York County >4621 Mt. Gallant Road >Rock Hill, SC 29732-9905 >803-329-2121 ext 122 * [log in to unmask] > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 12:23:07 -0400 >From: Rose Marie Martin <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: ADA & historic homes > >For information on ADA requirements involving historic >buildings, contact: > >The National Trust for Historic Preservation in Washington, >DC. There is a Mid-Atlantic office for the NTHP in your area >that you might contact also. The State Historic Preservation >Officer of your state also has information. > >The National Trust for Historic Preservation has a web page >that might be helpful. There is also a Preservation Brief on >ADA regulations. > >Rose Marie Martin >Germanna Foundation >PO Box 693 >Culpeper, VA 22701 >E Mail: [log in to unmask] >Web Page: http://www.summit.net/GERMANNA/ >--- On Thu, 24 Oct 1996 12:14:06 -0400 Ivy Strickler ><[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >>Can anyone point me in the right direction for finding out >if exceptions >>can be made to the ADA guidelines for lodging adaptations if >the lodging is >>in a National Register home? I know this is somewhat off the >museum target, >>but hope that some of you who are involved with historic >houses may have >>dealt with this. Thanks for any info, names or sites you can >share. >> >>ivy >> >> >>Ivy Fleck Strickler Phone 215-895-1637 >>Drexel University Fax 215-895-4917 >>Nesbitt College of Design Arts [log in to unmask] >>Philadelphia, PA 19104 >> >>"Never forget that life is like a Fellini movie, and you're getting to see >>it for free." >> > >-----------------End of Original Message----------------- > >------------------------------------- >Name: Rose Marie Martin >E-mail: [log in to unmask] >Date: 10/25/96 >Time: 12:03:31 PM > >This message was sent by Chameleon >------------------------------------- > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 13:52:43 GMT >From: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Is there a good Museum Ticket Sales System? > >[log in to unmask] (Troy McCormick) wrote: > >>I am working with a new museum that has experienced 60,000 visitors in the >>first two months and the visitation is still holding at 800 per day. The >>ticket window for purchasing tickets for the orientation theater >>presentation (fist stop in their museum experience) sells tickets and >>visitors line up waiting for the every 20 minute showing. I want to >>eliminate the need to wait in line by selling tickets with a time stamp on >>them. > >>I am looking for some off the shelf, or at least field tested software, >>that will allow advance ticket sales, print the time of show for which the >>ticket was sold, and total ticket sales at the end of the day. It seems >>easy, but the museums and movie theaters in my area don't really have >>anything that seems to work well. > >>Any suggestions or warnings, would be appreciated. > >>Troy McCormick >>[log in to unmask] > >>-- >>Troy McCormick >Look at www.2btech.com for info on VISTA > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 14:00:38 -0400 >From: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Souvenir pens > >I posted this message a few months ago and got wonderful responses. But I >still am on a pen quest > >I am looking for souvenir "floating" pens from museums and historic sites. > These pens have a boat or carriage that floats back and forth when the pen >is tilted. If you have these in your museum gift shops - OR if you have seen >any in your travels - Please tell me! I greatly appreciate it - and would >love to hear from other floaty collectors. > >Nancy Knechtel >Art History Professor >Niagara University, NY > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 14:01:30 -0400 >From: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Revised Mission Statement Request > >I have recieved an overwhelming response to my request for information on new >mission statements and want to specify the kind of information I need. > >When did your institution revise their mission statement? >What was the impetus for the revision? >Send along (if possible) a copy of the old and new statement. > > >This would be a great help. Thank you for the speedy and friendly replies. > > >If the information is too bulky for email - send to Catherine M. Lewis, 925-B >Drewry Street, Atlanta, GA 30306. > >Please respond off-list. > >Best to everyone, >Catherine Lewis > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 12:05:11 -0700 >From: joanna <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Books on Current Computer Technology and Museums > >Hello! My name is Joanna Ebenstein. I work for Altamira press, a publishing >house which specializes in AASHL books and other books that would be of >interest to historians, epecially at a local level. I am presently trying to >locate a good, up-to-date book that covers computer methods for museums. If >anyone could recommend any such books, I would appreciate it. Also, if >anyone noticed any particularly gaping voids on this topic, please let me >know. We are currently trying to commission a book on the topic and would be >interested in knowing what needs,if any, exist. Thanks! >Joanna Ebenstein >Mitch Allen >Publisher >AltaMira Press >1630 North Main Street, Suite 367 >Walnut Creek, California 94596 >510 938-7243 (voice) 933-9720 (fax) >[log in to unmask] > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 15:34:14 EDT >From: Pamela Hudson <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: 1997 Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program > >*************************************************** >Please forward to appropriate lists and individuals. > >Apologies for any cross-posting. >*************************************************** > >The Smithsonian Institution encourages access to its >collections, staff specialties, and reference resources by >visiting scholars, scientists, and students. The >Institution offers in-residence appointments for research >and study using its facilities, and the advice and guidance >of its staff members. > >SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM > >The Smithsonian Institution offers fellowships for research >and study in fields which are actively pursued by the >museums and research organizations of the Institution. > >At present these fields are: > > Animal behavior, ecology, and environmental > science, including an emphasis on the tropics > Anthropology, including archaeology, > Astrophysics and astronomy > Earth sciences and paleobiology > Evolutionary and systematic biology > History of science and technology > History of art, especially American, contemporary, > African, and Asian art, twentieth-century > American crafts, and decorative arts > Social and cultural history of the United States > Folklife > >POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS are offered to scholars who have >held the degree or equivalent for less than seven years. >SENIOR FELLOWSHIPS are offered to scholars who have held the >degree or equivalent for seven years or more. The term is 3 >to 12 months. Both fellowships offer a stipend of $25,000 >per year plus allowances. > >PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS are offered to doctoral candidates >who have completed preliminary course work and examinations. >Candidates must have the approval of their universities to >conduct doctoral research at the Smithsonian Institution. >The term is 3 to 12 months. The stipend is $14,000 per year >plus allowances. > >GRADUATE STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS are offered to students >formally enrolled in a graduate program of study, who have >completed at least one semester, and not yet have been >advanced to candidacy if in a Ph.D. Program. The term is 10 >weeks; the stipend is $3,000. > >These fellowships support research in residence at all >Smithsonian facilities except the Smithsonian Astrophysical >Observatory (see below). > >Postmark deadline for submission - January 15, 1997 > >Stipends are prorated for periods of less than twelve >months. > >FELLOWSHIPS AT THE SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY > >Applicants interested in conducting research at the >Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory should write to the >Office of the Director, Smithsonian Astrophysical >Observatory, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 for >program information, application materials, and deadlines. > > >Fellowship Applications, supporting materials, and >information on other Smithsonian Institution fellowhsip and >internship programs can be retrieved at the following >address (but they must be submitted by postal mail): > > http://www.si.edu/research+study > >or by contacting: > > Office of Fellowships and Grants > Smithsonian Institution > 955 L'Enfant Plaza, Suite 7000 > Washington, D.C. 20560 > (202) 287-3271 >or > E-mail: [log in to unmask] > (Please include mailing > address for requested > materials) > >*************************************************************** >Pamela E. Hudson, Academic Programs Specialist >Office of Fellowships and Grants Smithsonian Institution >[log in to unmask] phone: (202) 287-3271 > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 14:36:27 -0500 >From: Fielding S Freed <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Dioramas/Mini-dioramas > > Greetings All, > I am in search of information regarding the design, >implementation, and theoretical aspects of dioramas and mini-dioramas. So >far, all I've found is Christopher Steiner's review of the "Worlds in >Miniature..."exhibit review in Museum Anthropology, vol. 15, no.2. 1991. > Any others out there? Specifically, I want to get at the ways in which >dioramas interpret anthropological issues (i.e. are they functioning >merely as contexts for artifacts; and what about mini-dioramas where >EVERYTHING, including the artifacts, is "artificial"). > Your help is appreciated. > sincerely, > Fielding Freed > Museum Studies student > Anthropology Department > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee > [log in to unmask] > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 15:50:11 -0400 >From: "Robert A. Baron" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: Shows at the National Gallery of Art > >At 08:06 AM 10/25/96 -0400, Hank wrote: > >> Yes, yes, yes and yes. But the St. Sebastian, like many of La Tour's >>mature works, looks like a painting of a wood carving. >> >>> La Tour may not be the >>> great master that Caravaggio was, but to pit one against the other forces >>> observers to misconstrue, I think, their separate and unique messages. >> >> It is not I but the National Gallery of Art (and the Kimbell) who have >>pitted them mano a mano. It's my belief that La Tour might have become a >>master of the first rank had he not been infected with tenebrism. > >I'm sure that no one, including Hank, sincerely believes that the Berlin St. >Sebastian is derived from a wood carving. Yet, the observation has >substance; the work certainly has a wooden quality. Saying that a work is >"infected" with tenebrism is like saying that Motherwell is "infected" with >abstract expressionism or Picasso with Cubism. These styles and techniques >are means to an end. In the end the "infection" of tenebrism may have >served as an effective palliative to the infected in plague-stricken >Lorraine where La Tour worked. > > > >================================== >Robert A. Baron >Museum Computer Consultant >P.O. Box 93, Larchmont, NY 10538 >[log in to unmask] > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 16:33:49 GMT >From: "Craig d`Arcy" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Privatization of municipal museums > >A colleague in the provincial Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and >Recreation has asked me to make inquiries on her behalf. > >Is anyone aware of a municipally owned and operated heritage facility >where management has been contracted out to a private sector operator >(partticularly in the case of a recreational services operator)? >Canadian examples would be particularly useful, but I'd also be >interested in U.S. cases. (State-owned facilities would also be useful.) > >Reply off-list, please. > >Craig d'Arcy >Executive Director >West Parry Sound District Museum >Box 337, >Parry Sound, Obntario >P2A 2X4 > >Tel. (705)746-5365 >Fax (705)746-8775 > >[log in to unmask] > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 15:10:15 GMT >From: "Dill, Christopher L" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Suggested Donation > >Can anyone point me toward research regarding whether it is >more productive to use donation box signs which list a >recommended dollar amount (e.g., "Suggested Donation $2.00") >or just a sign which says "Donations Appreciated?" > >TIA Chris Dill > >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >C. L. Dill, Museum Director >State Historical Society of North Dakota >612 East Boulevard >Bismarck ND 58505-0830 >P: (701)328-2666 >F: (701)328-3710 >E: [log in to unmask] >Visit our Web site at: http://www.state.nd.us/hist/ >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 13:17:35 -0700 >From: "T. Preston" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Museum Archival Supplies Handbook > >Does anyone out there know if the Museum Archival Supplies Handbook by the >Ontario Museum Association has been updated since 1985? That's the latest >one I can find. > >Does the Ontario Museum Association have a toll-free number? (Sorry, I'm >a poor grad student!) > >Thanks, Toni Preston > Univ. of Washington > Museology > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 16:18:57 EDT >From: Henry Grunder <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: Suggested Donation > >How about "No Reasonable Offer Refused"? > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 15:20:15 GMT >From: "Dill, Christopher L" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: NAGPRA-L??? > >A Museum-L posting earlier this week mentioned "NAGPRA-L." >If anyone has the address and commands for such a list, >please send it to me off-line. > >TIA > >Chris Dill > >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >C. L. Dill, Museum Director >State Historical Society of North Dakota >612 East Boulevard >Bismarck ND 58505-0830 >P: (701)328-2666 >F: (701)328-3710 >E: [log in to unmask] >Visit our Web site at: http://www.state.nd.us/hist/ >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 16:23:22 -0400 >From: Genevieve M LeMoine <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Austin Cooley and other requests > >I am a relative newcomer to the list, and have two rather different requests. >1. I am trying to track down information about a picture transmission >system developed I beleive in the 1920s or 1930s by Austin Cooley. My >search through histories of technology, who's who etc has not shed any >light on either the man or the system. Any information would be appreciated. > >2. We are looking for a ptarmigan (or two, one in summer and one in >winter plummage) for our display of Arctic species. Does anyone have an >extra one lying around? > >Pleas Reply off-list. >Thanks for your help, > >Genevieve LeMoine >Curator/Registrar >The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum >Bowdoin College, >Brunswick, Maine 04011 >(207)725-3304 [log in to unmask] > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 16:29:48 -0400 >From: "bc71171 (Olivia Campos)" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: 1997 Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program > >Hi, > I'm a new reader on this list and it seems a bit more inexperienced >than the rest of you. I am a senior in college and currently looking for >a 1 year paid internship (maybe leading to a full-time job) in a museum. >My main areas of study are archaeology or medical anthropology. Any >museum in the New York City area would be wonderful. I'm looking for >contacts or addresses to receive more info. Any help would do. Thanks. > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 16:23:50 -0600 >From: Joseph Mella <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Contract Samples > >We are in the process of developing a contract for an outside curator. I >was curious if those who had contracted with curators might be willing to >share a copy of their contract/agreement. I will be meeting with our >legal department on Monday. It would be great to bring a few samples to >the meeting. (Sorry about the short notice!) > > >******************************************** >Joseph S. Mella >Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery >P.O. Box 1801 Station B >Nashville, TN 37235 >Phone: 615/343-1704 >FAX:615/343-1382 >e-mail: [log in to unmask] > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 17:41:10 -0400 >From: Karl Niederer <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Civil War flag display > >N.J. State Museum and N.J. State Archives request for advice re design >and construction of climate- and light-controlled display case for >proposed changing exhibit of fragile Civil War flags. Museum staff will >fabricate case prototype. Anyone who has had experience with this type >of display can respond directly to <[log in to unmask]> > >Thanks. --Karl J. Niederer > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 15:09:55 -0800 >From: Alison Moore <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Stanchions? > > Here's an easy(?) question for people on this list. As an archivist > with increasing museum duties, I need a good museum supply catalogue > source. Specifically I'm looking for the old velvet or leather covered > ropes used to form lines in museums/theaters, etc. (or some more hip > counterpart.) If anyone has a catalogue to recommend I'd be greatful. > I've conquered many hurdles but this one's really hanging me up! > > Thanks, in advance, > > > Alison Moore > Pacific Bell Museum > San Francisco > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 19:04:33 -0400 >From: "Robert A. Baron" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: Books on Current Computer Technology and Museums > >At 12:05 PM 10/25/96 -0700, you wrote: > >>I am presently trying to >>locate a good, up-to-date book that covers computer methods for museums. If >>anyone could recommend any such books, I would appreciate it. Also, if >>anyone noticed any particularly gaping voids on this topic, please let me >>know. We are currently trying to commission a book on the topic and would be >>interested in knowing what needs,if any, exist. Thanks! >>Joanna Ebenstein >>Mitch Allen >>Publisher >>AltaMira Press > >In general I'd say that the field is so fluid and is progressing at such a >rapid pace that a "book" on computers in museums is bound to be out of date >before it sees the light of day. That is what has happened to previous >efforts in this area. ...and accordingly, even if such a book does speak to >current issues, there is little chance that future sales will warrant the >up-front costs of production. Most of the most important literature comes >by way of journal articles, symposia and conferences. > >Nonetheless you may wish to look up the Museum Computer Network in the USA >(write to [log in to unmask]) or the Museum Documentation Association (MDA) in >the UK. MCN publishes a journal (Spectra) that is of interest. Other >publishers in this field include David Bearman, whose journal Archives and >Museum Informatics is widely respected. You may consider putting out a book >of essays on significant topics -- that has been done befoe -- instead of >attempting to survey the arena. > > >================================== >Robert A. Baron >Museum Computer Consultant >P.O. Box 93, Larchmont, NY 10538 >[log in to unmask] > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 16:40:15 -0700 >From: Carol Mayer <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Museum Studies - UBC > >Hi, we are still receiving daily enquiries about this programme so we have >added the application to our web page: >http://www.arts.ubc.ca/arts/moa/certif.htm and extended the deadline to >November 30th! Thank you for the great responses we have received, and are >still receiving! If you have any questions please contact me. > >Carol E. Mayer >Director >Museum Studies Programme >Museum of Anthropology >University of British Columbia >6393 NW Marine Drive, >British Columbia, V6T1Z2 >Canada. > >phone: 604-822-8224 >fax: 604-822-2974 > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 21:15:21 -0400 >From: "Andrea P. Barrett" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: fans > >While at the Strong Museum last summer i worked on their 100+ fan >collection and compiled a bibliograpy and treatment files and any misc. >info I could find. I would be happy to share with others. please contact >me off line for more info. I also recently went to a lace making workshop >in Ithica NY where the keynote speaker talked on her experinces in >restoring old lace fans. > >Andrea Barrett >[log in to unmask] >soon to be employee of the Cleveland Museum of Art. > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 22:07:07 GMT >From: Donald Sucha <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: Magic eye painted glass > >Mulder, you're NUTS!! -Scully ([log in to unmask]) wrote: >: A friend of mine has a whole bag full of "magic eye" prints which she >: describes as a wooden frame with a circle of painted glass in the middle >: which has a portrait or scene painted on it. They are obviously rather >: old and no one she has talked to at antique shops knows anything about them. >: Art really isn't my field. If anyone knows anything about these prints or >: where she could find information about them we'd be grateful. > >Could these actually be "magic lantern" slides? The size of the objects >would be a clue. > >-- >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > They promised us > A life of leisure, > They gave us > Life long learning. > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >[log in to unmask] http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dsucha >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Or try my dog's home page; http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dsucha/randy.html >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 21:20:10 -0700 >From: Janis Wilkens <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: NAGPRA-L??? > >NAGPRA-L > Discussion of Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act >-- send message "subscribe nagpra-l" to > [log in to unmask] > > >-- >Janis Beth Wilkens >Curator of Collections/Interim Director >Museum of York County >4621 Mt. Gallant Road, Rock Hill, SC 29732 >803-329-2121 Fax: 803-329-5249 >mailto:[log in to unmask] >http://www.cetlink.net/commercial/myco/mycohome.html > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 19:02:09 -0800 >From: "Paula B. Freedman" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: Souvenir pens > >Nancy, > >I know I responded to your original request, noting the strange and >wondrous array of "floating pens" available at the Cliff House gift shop in >San Francisco. Recently I came upon a fresh batch of pens at the Monterey >Bay Aquarium. Theirs had sea otters and other ocean critters floating >about. You might contact them for their source. What a fun project you seem >to be working on! >Good luck, >Paula >San Francisco > >>I posted this message a few months ago and got wonderful responses. But I >>still am on a pen quest >> >>I am looking for souvenir "floating" pens from museums and historic sites. >> These pens have a boat or carriage that floats back and forth when the pen >>is tilted. If you have these in your museum gift shops - OR if you have seen >>any in your travels - Please tell me! I greatly appreciate it - and would >>love to hear from other floaty collectors. >> >>Nancy Knechtel >>Art History Professor >>Niagara University, NY > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 22:11:00 -0400 >From: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Souvenir pens > >Hi Paula! > >I believe you were from the Western NY area - I answered your e mail and by >the time I was ready to send it cyberspace had eaten your address. I did >call the Cliff House and got some super pens - they were very nice too! > >What area were you from again? When was the last time you were in the area? > Glad to hear from you again! > >Best Wishes >Nancy Knechtel > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 22:13:21 -0400 >From: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Curious question > >Asking the experts is fun > >What are the BEST DESIGNED museums you have been to? > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 19:42:53 -0400 >From: MusmDesign <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Designer seeks "Hall of Fame" > >I am not seeking fame per se but doing research on "Hall of Fame" >installations in the United States. I am having a problem locating the >United States Figure Skating Association Hall of Fame. My information >puts its last location in Colorado Springs, Colorado, but a net search >shows no address or information at that location. Does anyone have a >current address for same? > >Thank You, > >Lou Scrima > >------------------------------ > >Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 22:40:59 CST >From: Sharon Koomler <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: Curious question > >[log in to unmask] writes: >> >>Asking the experts is fun >> >>What are the BEST DESIGNED museums you have been to? > > >Without a doubt (for me) the Holocaust Museum in DC. > > >Sharon Duane Koomler >Director of Education >Shaker Museum at South Union >PO Box 30 >South Union, Kentucky 42283 >(502) 542-7734 >e-mail [log in to unmask] > >"The attainments of tomorrow are dependent on the efforts of today, >and are related to them as the blossom is to the bud, >and the fruit to the blossom." > > Eldress Catherine Allen, Mt. Lebanon > >------------------------------ > >End of MUSEUM-L Digest - 24 Oct 1996 to 25 Oct 1996 >*************************************************** > >