[BCMA MBEN] Municipally Owned BC Museums & Galleries?
Jim Harding
JHarding@MuseumsAssn.bc.ca
Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:17:27 -0800
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Greetings from the BC Museums Association!</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">In conjunction with the Arts & Culture Division of the Ministry of
Tourism, Culture and the Arts, the BCMA is working to identify those
museums and art galleries in BC that are:</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt"><b>A.</b>  Owned and operated by the municipality?  (Please provide Name of
institution and City).</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt"><b>B.</b>  Owned by the municipality, but operated by an arms-length
organization or non-profit society?  (Please provide Name of institution,
Name of the arms-length or non-profit society and City).</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt"><b>C.</b>  Who owns the collection? The municipality or the operating
organization/non-profit society?</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Please respond ASAP by Reply email re-addressed to:</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><a href="Members@museumsassn.bc.ca"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt"><u>Members@museumsassn.bc.ca</u></span></font></a></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Please <u>INSERT</u> your brief response(s) under A, B & C above.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">The information gathered will be added to the BCMA's confidential
central database and a shortlist of municipally-owned museums and art
galleries will be supplied to the Arts & Culture Division on the sector's
behalf for reporting purposes.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Thank you in advance for your time, assistance and prompt reply to
this request.</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">--Jim</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">_______________________________</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Jim Harding, ED</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">BC Museums Association</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">(250) 356-5694</span></font></div>
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