I have worked at museums that actually gave tours to whole groups of guide
dogs in training.  I would suggest contacting a local group and arrange for
regular receptions or tours.  This could lead to a great relationship to the
sight impaired community as a whole.

Good Luck.


Matthew White
Director of Education
B&O Railroad Museum
901 W. Pratt Street
Baltimore, MD 21223
410/752-2461
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Date: Saturday, February 27, 1999 12:13 PM
Subject: Untrained Guide Dogs in Museum


>We recently had a visitor come to our Museum with a dog that had a sign on
>it saying it was a "Guidedog in Training".  She was insistent that this dog
>be allowed in the gallery area.
>
>When she got into the gallery area, there was already a trained guidedog in
>the gallery. The "guidedog in training" became very disruptive towards the
>trained guidedog.
>
>Does anyone have polices prohibiting "guidedogs in training" or does anyone
>have limits as the the numbers of dogs allowed in a gallery at any one
time?
>(As the airlines limit the number of dogs in the passenger compartments?)
>
>We eventually had to ask the lady with the guidedog in training to leave
the
>gallery and invited her to return as soon as the other dog left.  She felt
>this was a very unsatisfactory response on our part.
>
>Any suggestions or help?