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Date: Thu, 2 Nov 95 11:19:13 EST
From: Henry Grunder <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: guard rails, kick plates, curtain alarms, etc.

I have seen, used to good advantage apparently, a simple
"riser" between public and wall, or upon which free-standing
items are placed. "Risers" originated in stagecraft, and are
merely raised platforms, easily built with lumberyard materials,
skirted, carpeted, what have you.  The idea is to create a
subliminal, non-verbal pyschological barrier. I have also seen
them with built-in pressure-sensitive alarm mechanisms, so that
someone climbing aboard brings the guard on the run.

According to Patricia W. Strong:
>
> Forive the flippancy but when I worked in Exhibits we favored the
> development of a cutting lazer that would simply lop off any limbs, digits,
> appendages etc. that approached within 6 inches of an object.
>
> As a service, we were going to lable the exhibits with this device to warn
> the visitors. Those who don't read the lables would be a disadvantage of
> course.  After a few demonstrations people would not only stop fingering
> the stuff but might even look at the lable text to find out if they were in
> immediate danger.  >;>
>
> Just fantasizing!
> P. Strong
>
>
>
> >Colleagues:
> >
> >My museum is rethinking ways to keep the visitors at a reasonable distance
> >from paintings (or anything else hung on the walls).   Possibilities
> >include curtain alarms, kick plates, (stanchions are kinda crude and heavy
> >handed for us), and metal bars coming up from the floor.  What else is out
> >there?  Could you please let me know what you use?  If you don't have a
> >manufacturer/vendor name, could you please describe what you use?
> >
> >Also, A BIG FAVOR, PLEASE!.......
> >
> >Please respond directly to me at [log in to unmask] as I must sign off the
> >list for a few days since I will be away on a business trip.  When I get
> >back, I will consolidate all responses and post back to the list.  Thank
> >you very much (in advaance) for being obliging me on this one!
> >
> >Suzanne
> >
> >************
> >Suzanne Quigley
> >Head Registrar, Collections and Exhibitions
> >Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
> >1071 Fifth Avenue
> >New York, NY 10128
> >212 423 3568
> >fax: 212 423 3650
> >email: [log in to unmask]
>
> Pat Strong
> Pre-program conservation studies
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