Where Will All the Dancers Dance?, an article orginially published by the National Endowment for the Arts in the November/December 1980 issue of The Cultural Post. Partners for Livable Places reprinted the article with permission from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Excerpt reprinted with permission from Issues in Supporting the Arts, edited by Caroline Violette and Rachelle Taqqu. Published by Cornell University, copyright 1982. 

If American museums once were islands, separate from the turmoil of the surrounding world, their situation is very different today. Difficult questions face them at every turn:

This book is intended to serve as a basic reference for any type of public relations activity, whether volunteer, part time, or full time.

An alternative space is defined as an organization or group, which is dedicated to the support and promulgation of contemporary art in all its forms and which may or may not maintain a permanent exhibition space. The purpose of this study was to examine the field of alternative spaces in order to provide important information that can aid in planning for their future development and survival.

Paper presented at Conference on the Economic Impact of the Arts, sponsored by Cornell University, Graduate School of Business and Public Administration, held in Ithaca, New York, May 27-28, 1981.

The purpose of this manual is to help the trustees, administrators and staff of museums and historical societies gain control of their energy costs and deal with their energy-related problems. Compiled from several years' work by numerous museum professionals and energy specialists, the techniques and approaches described in the manual have been developed, reviewed and refined through workshops, seminars and practical application. However, given the diversity among museums, the specific energy management program developed by any single institution may vary substantially depending on size, age

This book was written to present the law relating to museum organizations in a simple and concise form and, thus, to provide museum personnel with a guide in solving minor legal problems and a management tool to help prevent future legal complications. The book is not intended as a substitute for good legal advice. With the sample documents provided to illustrate practical applications of some of the legal principles discussed, the book should prepare museum directors with a working knowledge of all important areas of law with which they may be confronted.

[This book] explores the potential of America's movie theatres - great and small - as an important national asset. Each of the 4,000 palaces constructed during Hollywood's Golden Age, as well as the countless smaller theatres built during that era and modeled after the grander showcases, has a role to play in the life of our cities and towns today. [The book] is divided into three major sections. The first explores the social and economic history of the movie palace - the significance of the phenomenon. The second consists of case studies, drawn from projects nationwide, which reflect the