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Date: | Wed, 17 Apr 1996 12:54:22 -0600 |
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>>One recent success in the area of seating in circulation space is the
>>so-called
>>"husband bench" I included in an alcove at the entrance to the museum
>>shop in our additions to the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego.
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>Ms. Trowbridge:
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>Could you please describe this "husband bench," with which I am unfamiliar?
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>Sincerely,
>Bill
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A "husband bench," as my understanding goes, is a bench situated outside
shops, especially material and craft stores where the bored husbands,
boyfriends, etc sit while the wives, girlfriends shop. Good idea IMO ;)
Emily J. Van
Museum Science Research Librarian
Museum Science Grad Student
Museum of Texas Tech University
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