I think the question "What can you learn just by looking?" was suggested as one to pose to the visitors, to encourage them to seek out all an artefact has to say without being handled.
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Tim McShane, Assistant--Cultural History
Esplanade Museum
401 First Street SE
Medicine Hat, AB T1A 8W2
Tel: (403) 502-8587
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>>> Cindy Boyer <[log in to unmask]> 5/1/2007 10:16 AM >>>
Lindsey, I really hope you're joking!
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Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Positive ways to say "Do not touch"?
Eyes, not hands?
What can you learn just by looking?
Lindsey Richardson
Curator of Collections
Boston Children's Museum
300 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210
Tel. 617 426 6500 x366
Fax 617 426 1944
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From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
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Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 11:28 AM
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Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Positive ways to say "Do not touch"?
A simple "please keep your hands to yourself" could work.
Lauren
On 5/1/07, Laurel Spencer-Forsythe <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
A group of educators working in collaboration with museum staff to
develop
curriculum materials objected to the negative approach to traditional
museum
rules like "don't touch" and "no running." While it was easy enough to
put a
positive spin on "no running" and turn it into "walk"-- we are having
more
trouble coming up with a positive way of communicating "don't touch"
clearly
in written form (this is in a PowerPoint presentation that serves as a
field
trip orientation).
One teacher suggested stating the ways that touching damages works of
art
and artifacts, which is a method I've often seen used effectively, BUT
we
need a pretty basic directive not an explication of conservation
theory.....
The "museum rules" slide is the last slide after a pretty lengthy
presentation (about 80 slides), so the message needs to be brief.
Any great ideas out there you can share?
Thanks!
Laurel Spencer Forsythe
Executive Director
Ruthmere
302 E. Beardsley Ave.
Elkhart, IN 46514
(574) 264-0330
www.ruthmere.org
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