Kia Ora / Greetings Before Christmas I posted a request for information on standards/accreditation/registration/guideline schemes for museums and art galleries. I received only two responses - one from New Zealand and one from Australia! What has happened to you Northern Hemispere colleagues? We are about to initiate a project to explore the issue of a national standards scheme for New Zealand Museums and Art Galleries. By this we mean a scheme which will provide museums with a tool for measuring their performance. I really would like to hear from anybody who is prepared to pass on some information - be it a bibliography, web site address, a brochure, or contact address. I have some information on the Museums and Galleries Commission Registration Scheme in the United Kingdom and am also in contact with colleagues in Australia who are developing their National Guidelines. I have also located a web site for the US Accreditation scheme. Do you not have such schemes in Holland, Denmark, Canada, South Africa or Israel? (yes, I am guilty of lurking for a while!) Thanks in advance. And for those movie buffs amongst you - the facade and entrance of the 'old' Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa building features in the Peter Jackson movie "The Frighteners" just released in New Zealand Janice Frater Senior Adviser,National Services Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa PO Box 467 Wellington New Zealand [log in to unmask]