this method of family stamping is also used at our local pizza place
(complete with play are and arcade games), but instead of regular
stamps, they use a black-light sensitive ink, which cannot be seen
under regular lighting.
this helps to prevent any duplication of the stamps.
they have replaced the regular bulbs above the exit with black light
bulbs, but you could just as easily use a wand (available at pretty
much any place like wal-mart) that can be turned off and on, since you
probably wouldn't want that much uncontrolled uv bouncing around all
the time.
mary

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Mary Czerwinski
Registrar
Putnam Museum of History and Natural Science
1717 West 12th Street
Davenport, IA  52804
(563) 324-1054 x.227

-----Original Message-----
From: Astrida Schaeffer <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 10:48:20 -0400
Subject: Re: List Bias

> I have seen one approach in, of all places, a children's arcade that
> wouldn't be too difficult to implement in a museum setting. The
> building has
> one entry/exit door accessible to visitors (there are other, alarmed,
> emergency exit doors). Everyone entering or leaving the site must
> pass
> through this gated area. Each adult and child/ren unit/group that
> enters
> gets a matching number stamped on the back of the hand. Once inside
> the
> gate, the kids can run free. Everyone who leaves the facility gets
> their
> hands checked, and only adults whose numbers match those of the
> departing
> children can leave with those children.
>
> Astrida
>
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: William M. Greaves [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 1:23 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: List Bias
> >
> >
> > Indigo hit this one squarely on the head.
> > In the past ten years we have had to rethink our planning
> (Strategic
> > planning, exhibit planning, and master planning) to solve an age
> old
> > problem with Children's Museum designs. Especially with
> > today's problems
> > with children's abductions, Mothers do not like to let there older
> > siblings out of site (with good reasons). So how do you plan for
> early
> > learning centers geared for crawlers and at the same time older
> very
> > mobile children.
> > Single floor museums are easier to solve that problem but
> > multiple floor
> > facilities can be a problem especially if they want to have only
> one
> > early learning center. The "Museum Experience" must keep in mind
> the
> > adult as well as the child's needs and accommodations need to
> > be planned
> > for both.
> >
> > William M. Greaves AIA, NCARB
> > Principal
> > Architects iN Design
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> >
> > Indigo Nights wrote:
> >
> > > What I haven't been able to figure out in the discussions on
> visitor
> > > conduct is why the default of the list is to believe that
> > museums are
> > > solely dedicated to adult visitors (what about kid museums or
> family
> > > museums) and that the mother in question is the mother of an only
> > > child. What about the mother who has more than one child whose
> other
> > > children would be denied the opportunity to enjoy the museum
> because
> > > of an additional sibling?
> > >
> > > Indigo Nights
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