Artists make art; museums select some of that art for their collections, where it is preserved, elevated and, most of all, displayed.

"The museum is always selecting works of art, and selection is not censorship," said Graham W. J. Beal, who joined the museum two months ago.

The museum is now selecting architects.

For every museum really is, in part, an interpretation and a celebration; each museum selects from the past and creates a context in the present.

To celebrate the acquisition, the museum has selected from it a show of 125 works, organized by Ms. Hambourg and entitled "The New Vision."

Every operating day, the museum selects between two and four trams and operates them over its line to Glory Mine, via Wakebridge.

The museum, he says, selects programs based on three criteria - historical significance, social impact and artistic excellence - that cover the prosaic as well as the profound.

The museum selected some of the essays as prize winners.

Each year the museum selects paintings and sculpture of a particular genre, then has horticulturists match floral arrangements to the art work.

After five rounds of negotiation, approval was granted and the five American museums selected.