How long is temporarily? I would suggest putting some sort of lock on the door to keep your collections area secure. Rick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jennifer M. Lane" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 2:21 PM Subject: Re: Do you name your artifact storage area? > In our historic house museum, one of our storage areas is temporarily within > the tourable portion of the house. Although the door is closed, visitors still > open the door and peek inside. To prevent such, we put a note on the door > saying "Guides, please keep this door closed at all times! Thanks, Curator." > That has done the trick! > > Quoting Janice Klein <[log in to unmask]>: > > > How 'bout naming it "Staff Only"? > > > > janice > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On > > Behalf Of Phyllis Oppenheim > > Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 11:11 AM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Do you name your artifact storage area? > > > > > > We will be moving into a new artifact storage wing this spring. The > > entrance to it is off the entrance to our new observatory so it will have > > public traffic quite often. I do not want to identify the wing by naming it > > However, there is pressure to name it thus announcing to visitors what is > > beyond the door. It will be secured with an alarm system. But it seems to > > me that it would be an invitation to a would be thief to draw attention to > > it by hanging a name on it . I would like to know how many of you hang up a > > sign naming this area of your museum, and what you think of this idea. > > Thanks for your help. Phyllis > > > > Phyllis Oppenheim > > Collections Manager > > The Herrett Center > > College of Southern Idaho > > PO Box 1238 > > Twin Falls, ID 83303-1238 > > TEL: 208/732-6660 > > FAX: 208/736-4712 > > EMAIL: [log in to unmask] > > WEB: www.csi.edu/herrett > > > > ========================================================= > > 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). > > > > > -- > Jennifer M. Lane > > ------------------------------------------------- > This mail sent through GTC Telecom's webmail interface. > > ========================================================= > 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).