Unfortunately, there is no easy answer to this particular question. Like most things in the museum world, it goes in a circle. Assuming your museum has collections, then without them you can neither educate nor have great exhibitions. My opinion has always been that the collections are the means to the mission. If they are in a sorry state then you have failed that mission. Patricia Kirkland Unless the heart sees Curator of Collections The mind will never see. Arkansas State University Museum --Maori proverb [log in to unmask]