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Decide your function and policy. If you are be a “local museum." stay local. Don‘t be- me a storage house for everyone and every ing, Don’t be afraid to turn down a gift or loan if it is not suitable. It will be much arder to get rid of it later on and storage ace costs money. Define the territory you ,9 going to serve and stay within it. If you e to have Indian relics. pioneer articles. icultural tools and implements, marine, or hatever you decide, take only pertinent ma- 'al. exEonsult established museums on proper egal loan and gift forms and avoid a lot of eadachea Concentrate on gifts as far as pos- ‘ble. Loans are a nuisance. People are always anting to borrow the items back. and it any? jug happens to them. the museum authori- ies are liable. Loan forms and card index les and record books are essential. not only or the protection of the museum. but so that. n later years, you can handle your displays t'ficiently. Check the National Archives and National useum and provincial museums for material hich they may loan to your museum or of hich photostatic duplicates may be made, ou will be amazed how much is available nd at what low cost. If your community is ’nterested in a small art gallery in conjunc- tion with the museum. the National Gallery nd provincial galleries can start you oil" with a few prints of local significance. Arrange displays of the works of local artists. Now start housecleaning the attics. the arns, and the sheds of the area. Don‘t expect that people will come ferward with material or the museum. So form a small party and ’0 housecleaning. asking “what is this? what is that? how was it used? where did it come rain? how old is it? who? when? why? where?"â€"all the questions which an inquir- ing reporter is supposed to ask. And when you find each interesting new item. write a story about it. You will want that story for your own files and the local newspaper may use it. Speaking at the annual meeting of the A.C.W.W. Executive Committee in July. Mrs, Alice Berry. O.B.E., President, said: "After my election as A.C.W.W. President, in Toronto. I had the opportunity of traveling through part of Canada, but unfortunately I had not the time to see the work. which I do 30 Very much want to see. of the Women's Institutes of Canada. I hope I am going to be able to make good that lack of knowledge in the near future. I hope, probably on my way back home to Australia next year to go via Canada. I hope they will be glad to have me and to show me something of their work." Mrs. Berry told about her visits in Lebanon. WIN'IEI I955 Clean the material thoroughly before you put it on display. If you don't know the prop- er methods. ask. Number each item, and label it attractively, using a large typewriter face. Remember history must be merchandised like any other goods on display. A good local sign painter can be one of the most important members of your executive. Watch for loral auction sales and got them- several days in advance. Ask for gifts for the museum of the material you want. Don't start paying for it. You will never stop, Advertise your oificizil opening well. Don’t be afraid to spend money for road signs. news- paper ads and pamphlets. and be sure that Ult‘ whole district knoWs about it. Your provinâ€" cial ntOtur league may be able to help you with directional markers. Charge an admission price suflicicnt to pay for at least one full-time curator in the period of the your when you rcmnin opcn. Museums seldom run succcssfully on voluntury labour alone. And pcnplc will pay to visit a museum if the articles in it rtrc alll'uclivcly displayed. As you secure new urticlcs; put away thc less interestinpI mics. chp changing cun- stanlly. Tt‘ltdc material with other museums. Return surplus articles in tlic donors if you have no use for them. Rcmcmlicr that you keep on good tt-rms Willi till the donors. Thcy are the pcuplc Whu Wlll bring you must of your visitors. Tic in your prth-ct with your Inca] muni- cipnl recreational commiltcc. Sunn- pi'nvtncinl financial aissisluncc may lu- sccurcd in this way. chp your accounts uccurutcly rind have them prnpcrly nuditcd. Your municipal council should in: kept constantly infuriqu of all your :icln'llics. In tlils wuy whcu llnnn~ cizil help is in-cdcd. it will Ill.‘ r-nsicr In gct. Always rcmcinlicr that local history is in- tcrcsting. chp knocking “1" "hi" out of "his-A tm'y“ and you will kccp your local iuusn-uin alivc and well pntrunizcd. International President to Visit Canada Malaya. Pakistan. lhc Punjab, and Ccylon. Tln-n shi- stud "l u‘cnl In Ccylnn pi'inmrily, ut coursc, to talk uvcr with tho wrimcn of Ccylnn plans for tho lllfili A.(‘.W.W. conlcl'cncr-. It is going to he a succcssful cmifi-rcnct- If t-nlhusr asm has anything to do with it, For thi- wrimcn of Ceylon nrc mth cnthusutstic and com-crncd for thc comfort of thc (l(.‘l(‘unlt's, The University buildings at Pcrcdcniyu are very comfortable and the smnery is superb. The conference will. hnwcw'r, have to ho lim- ited to 500, not because of hostcl accommoda- tion but because there is a lack of halls large enough to takc a very large conference." 23