There was a good disucssion of this over on the Archives & Archivists list
at [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> a couple of
months ago.
Best wishes,
Thomas Berry, Archivist
Historical Construction Equipment Association
16623 Liberty Hi Road
Bowling Green, Ohio 43402
Phone 419-352-5616
Fax 419-352-6086
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http://www.hcea.net
----- Original Message -----
From: Gibson, Cecelia
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 10:05 AM
Subject: Visitor conduct, sensitive issues...
I have two questions for the list. One is a rather sensitive issue for all
of you to ponder. We are currently developing guidelines for visitor
conduct in exhibition galleries. The guidelines would be posted in each
gallery and would be used by our Gallery Representatives as a means of
enabling them to act when they see behaviors that are inappropriate in the
gallery. One of the first items listed would, of course, be no food or
drinks allowed. We would like to include breast-feeding in this category as
it is technically a food source. Recently, we had an incident where a young
mother needed to feed her infant and decided that, since seating was
provided in the gallery, to stay in the exhibition space to breast-feed. My
question to the list is, do you allow breast-feeding in your exhibition
spaces, and if so, why? If not, how do you approach the situation without
offending the visitor?
The second question is, what other guidelines would you include in this
document?
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Cecelia Gibson
Exhibitions Registrar
National Building Museum
202-272-2448 x3900
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