美国博物馆的现状究竟怎样呢? 首都华盛顿的希尔浩恩博物馆副馆长兼园林雕塑部主任司蒂芬·E·韦尔含蓄地笑着,给美国博物馆的现状打了“83.5”分。正如他所暗示的那样,这种现状是很难说的,比如,许多博物馆新建或修复了一些馆舍房屋,但却缺少博物馆业务活动的研究室。令人乐观的是,1985年以来观众普遍增多,即使是在1986年,国际恐怖活动使国际游客大大减少,但是国内游客大为增加,使博物馆也挺过来了。而且,博物馆的收藏品也 What is the status quo of the U.S. museum? Stephen Ewell, deputy director and director of the Department of Landscape Sculpture at the Washington Hall in Washington DC, implicitly smiled and hit a “83.5” mark on the status quo of the U.S. Museum. As he has suggested, the status quo is hard to say. For example, many museums have newly built or repaired premises but do not have research facilities for the museum’s business activities. It is optimistic that there has been a general increase in audience since 1985, even though international terrorist activities greatly reduced the number of international tourists in 1986, but domestic tourists have greatly increased and museums have also survived. Moreover, the collection of museums also