Museums have never had it so good. New ones are being built all over the place, and existing ones are expanding; fund-raising campaigns have never been so successful, and visitor numbers have never been higher. Last year, for the first time ever, American museums attracted more than a billion visitors.(The Economist, April 21, 2001 : 1.) Museum attendance is also increasing in Canada. The most recent figures from Statistics Canada indicate that attendance at all types of museums reached over...