Following thier criticism of museums today the Museums Association should visit Cornucopia.

Cornucopia is a searchable database that collates the collections and resources of thousands of museums, galleries, libraries and archives. The information may be browsed by cultures, time-frames, place and people.

Another site with similarly laudable aims is 24 Hour Museum. In addition to collection information it boasts listings of events, maps of UK cities and their collections, online object trails and quizzes for children. Perhaps together these sites can demonstrate that access is not simply a physical matter – people must know about the collections in the first place.