2007 年 23 巻 p. 11-18
"Shitei-kanrisha System", the designated manager system peculiar to Japan is a kind of New Public Management aining to simplify local public bodies. This system leads public facilities under the management of non-official organizations such as foundation, enterprise or NPO which is selected through competition. Not a small number of museums in Japan have been confronted with this system since the year of 2003. The case of Osaka Museum of Natural History is reported. It is considered that this system is not suitable for museums to which long-term management is essential. As an alternative, the possibility of application of the law of District Independent Administrative Agency to local museums is discussed.