Thanks to Virginia for the link to the Essex site. I will read through and maybe contact them to see how they organise themselves. Regarding the Virtual Museum idea, in a way the internet provides this to a degree as Sean has mentioned. Admittedly it's not all collated in one place, in any kind of ordered fashion but I always find that once I start researching something on the web, it takes me to all sorts of unknown places which can open up other avenues of investigation.

In answer to Gillian's queries, I envisage that visitors will be lead from month to month as they navigate around the building. Within each month various customs and traditions will be highlighted while others are listed with the opportunity for further investigation in the research facility. The initial choices will be based on discussions with the curators and to an extent dictated by the objects/costumes/artefacts gathered over the coming year and a half. Other areas of the museum would be given over to special exhibitions which could highlight wider aspects of folk practise, such as Roadside Tributes for example, as Sean suggested.

As I mentioned before, at the start there is bound to be yawning gaps in what is covered. My main concern is that the customs and traditions represented are shown with integrity and help to give insights to a broad range of the general public.