Preface: Getting a Museum Going -- What You Need to Know about It -- Respect Is the Overall Rule -- Help Is All around You -- Support Is the First Consideration -- And If You Don't Want to Do All That? -- And If You Are Planning a Historic House Museum? -- How Best to Go about It -- Analyze for Essentials -- Organize for Operation -- Plan for Activities -- Recruit the Human Resources -- Now Will It Really Work? -- Some Basic Documents -- Basic Organization Chart -- Board Membership Responsibilities Agreement -- Sample Museum Bylaws -- Typical Museum Budget List -- Sample Position Description for a Director -- Sample Certificate of Gift -- Standard Object Cataloging Record.
