In our historic house museum, one of our storage areas is temporarily within
the tourable portion of the house. Although the door is closed, visitors still
open the door and peek inside. To prevent such, we put a note on the door
saying "Guides, please keep this door closed at all times! Thanks, Curator."
That has done the trick!

Quoting Janice Klein <[log in to unmask]>:

> How 'bout naming it "Staff Only"?
>
> janice
>   -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Phyllis Oppenheim
>   Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 11:11 AM
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>   Subject: Do you name your artifact storage area?
>
>
>   We will be moving into a new artifact storage wing this spring. The
> entrance to it is off the entrance to our new observatory so it will have
> public traffic quite often. I do not want to identify the wing by naming it
> However, there is pressure to name it thus announcing to visitors what is
> beyond the door. It will be secured with an alarm system.  But it seems to
> me that it would be an invitation to a would be thief to draw attention to
> it by hanging a name on it . I would like to know how many of you hang up a
> sign naming this area of your museum, and what you think of this idea.
> Thanks for your help. Phyllis
>
>   Phyllis Oppenheim
>   Collections Manager
>   The Herrett Center
>   College of Southern Idaho
>   PO Box 1238
>   Twin Falls, ID 83303-1238
>   TEL:   208/732-6660
>   FAX:   208/736-4712
>   EMAIL: [log in to unmask]
>   WEB:   www.csi.edu/herrett
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