I am sure that there are others but the City of Dallas has an arrangement similar to that of New York City with part of its arts community. They own buildings and provide a portion of the budget for several institutions including the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Museum of Natural History, The Science Place and African American Museum. Marian Ann J. Montgomery, Ph.D. Interim Assistant Director, Education American Association of Museums 1575 Eye Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20005 202/218-7675 202/289-6578 (fax) [log in to unmask] ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://museums.state.nm.us/nmmnh/museum-l.html. You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).