I am interested in this discussion, too.  Please post replies to the list.
Julie Holcomb

Mychalene Giampaoli wrote:

> Dear List Members-
>
> This May the Historical Society of Washington D.C. will be opening the City
> Museum.  Our site is moving from a sleepy historic house that was lucky to
> see 100 students a year to a much larger site that we anticipate might
> attract up to 20,000.  In September the FDR Library and Museum will be
> opening a new building that will be increasing their visitorship from 12,
> 000 to 20,000.  We are wondering how on earth we are going to schedule our
> expected hordes!  The results of our individual research has been mixed--we
> have found schedulers use everything from paper and pencil to fancy
> software.  We would love to know what your sites use to schedule school and
> other group tours.  Please tell us not only what you use, but what you like
> (and don't like) about your system.
>
> I don't know if this is of general interest, but I'll be happy to forward
> the results to anyone who is interested.
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> Mychalene Giampaoli, Curator of Education
> The Historical Society of Washington, D.C. and the City Museum
>
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Pearce Civil War Collection
Pearce Western Art Collection

Navarro College
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