All:

My museum is in the process of undergoing a complete renovation and will be adding a large amount of space that is geared specifically to kids--one area for kids who are 0-5 and another that is geared for 6-12. We had a small children's area before the renovation, but it was maybe 2,000 square feet? I don't know the exact square footage offhand, but the new area will be in the range of 10-15,000 square feet total and will be a much bigger draw than our previous space. With that in mind, we were discussing that we need some security procedures in place to keep kids safe. I saw that the Boston Children's Museum has a security policy in place that requires adults unaccompanied by children to leave their ID at the front desk while they tour the museum. I could see us doing that for our children's spaces specifically.

So any of you who are at kid-oriented institutions, what security measures do you have in place to keep people from walking off with children who don't belong with them? What policies do you have to ensure that kids stay safe while using your spaces?

Thank you in advance for any advice you can give. We're entering new territory for our institution.

Geoff Woodcox
Curator of Collections
Sloan Museum of Discovery

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