and certainly no flash pictures of the breast feeders.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Christina Myatt" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: Visitor conduct, sensitive issues...


> You might want to consider a no flash pictures guideline.
>
> Christina
> Christina M. Myatt
> Theatrical Programming Coordinator
> Putnam Museum
> 1717 West 12th Street
> Davenport IA 52804
> 563.324.1054 ext. 207 (phone)
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Gibson, Cecelia" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 10:05:37 -0400
> Subject: Visitor conduct, sensitive issues...
>
> > I have two questions for the list.  One is a rather sensitive issue
> > for all
> > of you to ponder.  We are currently developing guidelines for visitor
> > conduct in exhibition galleries.  The guidelines would be posted in
> > each
> > gallery and would be used by our Gallery Representatives as a means
> > of
> > enabling them to act when they see behaviors that are inappropriate
> > in the
> > gallery.  One of the first items listed would, of course, be no food
> > or
> > drinks allowed.  We would like to include breast-feeding in this
> > category as
> > it is technically a food source.  Recently, we had an incident where
> > a young
> > mother needed to feed her infant and decided that, since seating was
> > provided in the gallery, to stay in the exhibition space to
> > breast-feed.  My
> > question to the list is, do you allow breast-feeding in your
> > exhibition
> > spaces, and if so, why?  If not, how do you approach the situation
> > without
> > offending the visitor?
> >
> > The second question is, what other guidelines would you include in
> > this
> > document?
> >
> > Thank you for your time and consideration.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Cecelia Gibson
> > Exhibitions Registrar
> > National Building Museum
> > 202-272-2448 x3900
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