Thanks Max - that sounds clear and objective to me, and from an informed source.
Why don't we just copy this text to the wiki so (with a bit of luck) newly tagged museums/galleries/shops will follow this pattern. Then we can discuss the relative merits of a wholesale retagging of the "legacy" objects, or whether it is better to leave the existing tags in place. //colin On 2016-02-01 23:10, Max wrote: > No, that's not the difference. > > A museum is an institution which shows art works so that the public can > see them. The art works are usually by established artists. Shows are > curated thematically by curators. > > A gallery is showing art to the public. There is the possibility of > purchase, but it is only a tiny fraction of the audience which actually > is buying. The works are by artists the gallery represents. Shows are > designed by the artist (with help or in collaboration with the gallerist). > > An art shop is selling art(sy things). Visiting without buying is > possible, just as you may walk through a supermarket without buying > anything. The artworks are for sale are usually more on the craft side > of the arts. They are of decorative nature and not of considerable worth > on the art market. Art works may end there as second hand goods. The > producers of these art works may not even know their work is in the > shop. There is no special exhibition, concept or theme other than the > intent of selling the goods. > > On 2016년 02월 01일 22:49, Volker Schmidt wrote: > >> I always thought that an Art Gallery is a specific type of museum, i.e. >> an Art Museum. It can also mean a shop that exhibits and sells art. >> Hence tourism=gallery seems a good way indicate an Art Museum or Art >> Gallery, in line with tourism=museum. A shop that exhibits art with the >> main aim of selling it is clearly a shop=art. >> >> Volker >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
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