As long as your building, mission statement and collections aren't being compromised............it sounds like fun. Go for it! Jerry Fahey Santa Fe Trail Center wrote: > Our staff has been approached by a local organization which wants to > run a haunted house on the museum's grounds, NOT in the museum > proper. I have been asked to see what others in the museum field are > doing about non-standard use of the facilities. None of the > activities will take place in historic structures and, at this time, > we are not considering details such as insurance. What we would like > to know is, do other sites allow the use of their grounds like this? > What happens when items such as "tombstones" are left on the lawn for > a week? Does the idea of scaring children conflict with our mission > as an educational facility? We would get lots a free publicity and, > hopefully, lots of people to the museum that might not otherwise > come. BUT, this is not what a museum stands for (the organization has > already rejected our suggestion of a historical themed fun festival). > Even though this would not be our event, we would be connected with > it. Of course, this all has to go through our Board of Directors but > we on the staff would like to have some idea of what we think is > appropriate. Thank you in advance. Sincerely,Betsy Crawford-Gore, > CuratorSanta Fe Trail CenterLarned, > Kansas========================================================= > 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).