Sarah,

One additional thing to consider is that if your museum is owned by the county or on county property, performers may need liability insurance, with the county government named as additional insured. Check with your county to be certain, but it’s often required where I am and the county can probably provide official wording and details to pass along to any performers. Some performers object to this, but there are low-cost event policies available for just these purposes, usually well under $100 for a day-long event.

Best,
Sean Blinn

> On May 2, 2018, at 1:16 PM, Sarah Baylinson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Good Morning Listservers!
> I'm writing to ask if any of you have policies for live music at your museums. We recently were approached by a group of three ukelele players who asked if they could play in our event room during open hours. We excitedly said yes then later decided we needed to hold off as we've never done this before and being a department of the county we decided we needed a policy in place. I'm not in favor of over complicating things but I can see how a policy may be helpful in the future and for determining what kind of music gets played in our museum. 
> Thank you in advance for your thoughtful replies!
> Best,
> Sarah Baylinson
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