In my brief experience with historical museums and sites I have found that one major problem is the increasing dependence on facilities rentals and non-museum events for revenue. When someone rents an historic site for a wedding, or holiday party they certainly are not concerned primarily with the safety of the collections or facility. Couple this with the fact that many of these sites were never designed for events of this type and lack of reliable funding to maintain a site properly and you have a real problem. Rob Lopata [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com