What do I already know about museums?

World Class institutions

Art

Purpose

Art

Sciences

modern art, exibits and models

traditional, contemporary

neoclassic, ancient art

The Louvre

The Metropolitan

Science and industry Chicago

The field museum

Funding

Private: donors, philantropists

Profitable

Art Galleries, auctions, bidding

State funded: paid for by government and tax payers

educational: non-profit, student oriented

Recreational, typically state funded

Profitable, entertainment