02-24-2001, 12:34 AM
You'll find a variety of attitudes amongst museums but the best approach is always 'better safe than sorry'. Even if you get a big fat 'no' from your first approach there is always the future (change of policy/management/your site's attractiveness to them), whereas upsetting them from the start can fairly effectively throw a spanner in the works.<br>
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Some museums will be control freaky (a certain national museum in the UK springs to mind) about letting their images out, others won't (some, like the National Museum of Scotland, are actively involved in promoting their collections). Some have the curious notion that whilst it is ok to let you use their photos in your book, a web image will instantly be pirated by nefarious characters intent on evil (they have clearly never heard of the flatbed scanner).<br>
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In the end, each museum has its own policy, so I'm afraid you have to do a lot of asking!<br>
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As for an editor, find somebody young, enthusiastic, unknown, and with supremely-honed proofreading skills. Nobody springs to mind... probably because they're as yet unknown...<br>
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Mike Bishop <p></p><i></i>
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Some museums will be control freaky (a certain national museum in the UK springs to mind) about letting their images out, others won't (some, like the National Museum of Scotland, are actively involved in promoting their collections). Some have the curious notion that whilst it is ok to let you use their photos in your book, a web image will instantly be pirated by nefarious characters intent on evil (they have clearly never heard of the flatbed scanner).<br>
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In the end, each museum has its own policy, so I'm afraid you have to do a lot of asking!<br>
<br>
As for an editor, find somebody young, enthusiastic, unknown, and with supremely-honed proofreading skills. Nobody springs to mind... probably because they're as yet unknown...<br>
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Mike Bishop <p></p><i></i>
