> Then I think one of the most useful things a museum could do would > be lots of photos and get some darned closeups. The pictures I > looked at on the from the link you posted for the Smithsonian didn't > have anything that wasn't full length - no details at all. OTOH, > some pictures I've seen from the V&A get so close I could chart the > knit or beaded designs. I really appreciate that kind of > information online since it's unlikely I'll ever get to go to the > museum.
I work for a museum. We have a grand total of 4 staff. We all wear so many hats we can't keep track of them all. Personally, I'm responsible for the collection, the exhibitions, all museum security, the desktop publishing, supervising student fellows and work-studies, managing the climate control system, the museum shop, and more. I'd LOVE to have that level of detail for everything in the collection even for our own purposes let alone for interested visitors, but it's neither a time nor financial possibility at the moment... Astrida ******************************* Astrida Schaeffer, Exhibitions and Collections Manager Museum of Art, University of New Hampshire Paul Creative Arts Center 30 Academic Way Durham, NH 03824-3538 603-862-0310 FAX: 603-862-2191 www.unh.edu/moa ******************************* _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
