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