I believe that our events contract does have that info. But I think 
there was a language barrier: the wedding party, guests, and band 
were Russian. (With a bottle of vodka on every table we had other 
issues during the evening as well.)

And as soon as I spotted the offending machines being set up I told 
the event manager. Who put a stop to it.

---Amy West

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From:    David Harvey <[log in to unmask]>

Actually it behooves any musuem or historic site to have a set of 
guidelines that are part of any contract for space use that cover 
secuirty, safety, and conservation issues. This should include having 
a collections/conservation monitor present during the event. I can't 
tell you how many times we caught film crews trying to move antiques, 
or to use those damn oil-based fog machines, when I worked for a 
major history musuem in years past.

Cheers!
Dave

David Harvey
Conservator
Los Angeles, California

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