Richard, For an affordable locker source, I'd start with a local school district facilities person or architect who focuses on school buildings. A locker company putting thousands of lockers into the new high school (or often in town to maintain or show off an existing installation) may give the best prices and service for your smaller special order. School facilities people are also attuned to security issues. The products of competing manufacturers have become fairly standardized to meet public bidding specifications and many companies offer a wide range of sizes and types, including self-checking ones. The Sweets Catalogue (many architects, facility managers and builders have it) includes well-illustrated materials from lots of locker makers. Some respondents have suggested asking visitors to leave their bags in their cars. I would argue against this as a tourist who has had her trunk broken into at both a rural and urban cultural sites. There are still more petty thieves than terrorists out there. Will the events of Sept. 11 sadly lead us towards cultural facilities whose lobbies are designed more like those of courthouses and embassies where checking in is highly controlled? Ann Trowbridge, AIA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Fields" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 11:18 AM Subject: Security concerns and storage lockers Some of our employees have expressed concern about visitors to our historic mine tour bringing backpacks, bags, etc., underground on the tour. As we also have a DOE high energy physics lab at the bottom of our mine, this seems to be a valid concern in the post 9-11 days. With that said, could anyone give information on storage lockers for museums-historic sites? Do the public balk at using them or is it just accepted. Also, on a related note, does anyone have suggestions on vendors for such an item? While we will address the security risk, we are operating on a tight budget, as are most of you out there. Finally, we were wondering about tightened security at sites without uniformed security guards. I was a the Gilcrease in Tulsa over the holidays, and they checked purses, but it appeared this was done by a docent, but I could be wrong here. Has there been reluctance on the part of employees to search bags or purses, and if so, how was this dealt with. Thanks in advance. Oh, in grad school I learned the practice of archaeologists discussing deep matters, such as who was dating who(m), over drinks was the science of fluid dynamics, a science I have failed to master! Again thanks for the help. Richard A. Fields Mine Interpretive Supervisor Soudan Underground Mine State Park P.O. Box 335 Soudan, MN 55782 (218) 753-2245/ Fax 2246 ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).