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Re: do not touch signage
From:
"John \"Imawiz\" Arnold" <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:
Fri, 21 Mar 1997 12:59:58 -0700
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>Dear Colleagues:
>Thanks for your responses on temporary storage.
>
>New questions:
>Does anyone know if there has been any research conducted on the
>effectiveness of
>"DO NOT TOUCH THE WORKS OF ART" signage?
>
>Has anyone seen changes in the behavior of visitors (that is less
>touching of the works) as a result of the signs?
>
>Thanks
>Jose
>--
>Jose A. Ortiz
>Assistant Manager, The Cloisters
>A branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
>http://www.metmuseum.org/htmlfile/calm_a/m_apg27.html
>Tel. (212) 650-2289

Hey Jose: You might contact Bob Woltman at the Albuquerque Museum
([log in to unmask]). His Museum has tasteful signs that say somehting
like "Why do we ask you not to touch the art?" and then explains the
reasons.

John Arnold
Public Information Officer
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
1801 Mountain Road NW
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87104
505.841.2826
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President, New Mexico Association of Museums

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