I would consider knocking out a wall and adding another 2000 sq feet.....
we have 2000 now and are going to have to add 3000
remember just because you can walk though an isle, even in the employee area
it does not mean it will meet fire code.
Thanks Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC
Please check our web site at
http://www.smecc.org
to see other engineering fields, communications and computation stuff we
buy, and by all means when in Arizona drop in and see us.
address:
coury house / smecc
5802 w palmaire ave
glendale az 85301
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wesley Creel" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 12:10 PM
Subject: Re: Museum design
> Good Afternoon Susan,
> As you requested.......If I were to recommend a single published resource
> to provide assistance in designing a 1500 square foot historical museum; I
> would recommend Raymond O. Harrison's Technical Requirements of Small
> Museums. Revised Edition. Techical Papers no. 1 Ottawa: Canadian Museums
> Association, (my bookshelf has the 1969 edition -- hopefully, it has been
> revised since then). This 27 page "gem" of a publication would be very
> useful.
> With regards to percentages of floor space, here's my two cents:
> 1.) 30% exhibition galleries and public programming areas (such as a
> classroom or meeting area);
> 2.) 30% collection storage and processing areas ;
> 3.) 40% everything else (hallways, lobby, museum retail area and retail
> storage, non-collections storage, restrooms, heating and cooling
mechanical
> areas HVAC, janitorial spaces, staff offices and meeting rooms, security,
> exhibition fabrication area......etc., etc.).
> Please note that most folks usually end up robbing #2 and #3 to get more
of
> #1 and after a couple of years start kicking themselves.....and
> unfortunately, never stop kicking themselves.......I am speaking from
> experience.
> I hope this helps,
> Wesley S. Creel
> Administrator of Programs
> Pink Palace Family of Museums
> Memphis, Tennessee
> U.S.A.
> Telephone 901.624.6370
> [log in to unmask]
> www.memphismuseums.org
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