Our department, currently known as the "Interpretation Team", is the only department handling the "core museum practices" in the institution. The other departments are: Marketing, Finance, Visitor Service (museum store, security, parking lot), Operations, and Development. Were a small institution. About 45 employees of which 20 are administrative (meaning people who don't deal with visitors on a day to day basis). -----Original Message----- From: Mary Day Kent [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 1998 9:35 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: What's in a Name - Curitorial Department I agree with the first person who said "overworked". What are the other departments (if any) called? There don't don't seem to be many functions left out. We have a department at the University of Pennsylvania Museum called "museum services" which does not match your list, but it's a useful, comprehensive name that could include your list. Good luck. Mary Day Kent >The Department of Research and Collections. > >Best, > >Paul Apodaca > >On Tue, 17 Feb 1998, Mia Llarena wrote: > >> Our institution is in the process of preparing for accreditation. There >> were some questions in our MAP evaluation in regard clarifying department >> roles and functional responsibilities. My question is: What do you call >> the department that handles all curatorial, collection, research and >> educational responsibilities? >> >> Thanks! [message truncated]