>snip:
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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.
>
>
>Ms. Trowbridge:
>
>Could you please describe this "husband bench," with which I am unfamiliar?
>
>Sincerely,
>Bill
>
>


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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