Your Royal Navy person looking to donate his uniforms and memoires might want to consider the following two institutions: The Royal Naval Museum in Portsmouth England would be a good place to start, letters or e-mail will be forwarded to the appropriate curatorial staff: Information Service, Royal Naval Museum, HM Naval Base (PP66), Portsmouth, UK, PO1 3NH [log in to unmask] Another option might be the Imperial War Museum in London England, the person in charge of exhibits & firearms also looks after uniforms etc: Fergus Read, Acting Keeper, Exhibits & Firearms telephone: +44 (0)20 7416 5270 email: [log in to unmask] Imperial War Museum London, Lambeth Road, London, SE1 6HZ, United Kingdom As with most museums - they cannot guarantee that anything donated would be exhibited, they need as much information about the items being offered as possible and about the person to whom they belonged! Happy donating, Carol Reid Collections Manager, Archives Canadian War Museum 1 Vimy Place, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1R 1C2 www.warmuseum.ca tel: (819) 776-8661 fax: (819)776-8623 e-mail: [log in to unmask] A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>