I have found with the theory that "wait and see where the path goes,
then pave it" only leads to a new path being made and the pavement
avoided. I wish I knew why. Perhaps that path is softer on the feet
than the pavement.
H. Carroll
>
>Your problem reminds me of a time, some twenty years ago, when two
>neighbours and I were waiting for a bus near the recently landscaped
>entrance to a local "professional" building. Large beds of shrub roses
had
>been planted and, within a few weeks, the local teenagers, too lazy to
walk
>a few steps around them, had cut paths through most of the beds. We
were
>discussing how the problem could have been avoided.
>
>I suggested that it would have been better to have followed the
practice of
>many parks, waited to see where the natural paths were, and landscape
around
>them. The first neighbour, an Intelligence lieutenant-colonel, thought
that
>if a small picket fence were installed, the kids would respect it. My
other
>neighbour, a naval lieutenant commander and naval architect, replied,
"I'd
>sow the whole bloody area with small anti-personnel devices!"
>
>There are times, in May and June, when the savage hordes descend on us,
when
>I have fervently wanted to do the same.
>
>But kids aren't all bad.
>
>"Do I love children?
>Yes I do!
>Boiled, broiled or in a stew."
>
>I wish I had some useful advice, but I do sympathize!
>
>Have a good weekend.
>
>Harry Needham
>Special Advisor - Programme Development
>Canadian War Museum
>330 Sussex Drive,
>Ottawa, Canada
>K1A 0M8
>Voice: (819) 776-8612 Fax (819) 776-8623
>Email: [log in to unmask]
>
>> ----------
>> From: Angela K. Roberts[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>> Reply To: Museum discussion list
>> Sent: Thursday, February 04, 1999 3:35 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Children in Museums
>>
>> Are there any museums, especially historic houses, out there that
have a
>> rule of no children under the age of xxx? If so, what is the
rationale
>> behind it?
>>
>> Hillwood currently allows only children 12 and over to tour the
grounds
>> and
>> house. Our collections are installed period room style and visitors
are
>> allowed to enter the rooms. However, they must stay on the carpets
that
>> run
>> the length of the rooms with no barrier. Have those of you who work
in
>> museums/historic houses that do allow children, experienced any
problems
>> with children running amok and trying to touch objects in period type
>> rooms?
>> How do you handle this issue?
>>
>> Angela Roberts
>> Interpretation Coordinator
>> Hillwood Museum & Gardens
>> Washington, DC
>> [log in to unmask]
>>
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