I have spent some time lately looking at various museums' rental policies, and I've noticed that some contracts state that balloons are allowed as long as they have a long enough string/ribbon to retrieve it if they should float to the ceiling. Not a bad idea, IMO. In a message dated 4/26/2004 12:35:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > Hi All, > > Candace raised a good point about balloons. > > If you have high ceilings AND a security system that depends upon motion detectors, you *must* ban helium-filled balloons. One or two will inevitably float to the ceiling during any function. When they begin to deflate and sink (after a few hours), they will trip the motion detectors . . . hence your > alarms. Such false alarms can be expensive. > > Best wishes during this new week, > > Jay Heuman, Curator of Education > Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art > Utah State University > 4020 Old Main Hill > Logan, UT 84322-4020 > T 435.797.0165 > F 435.797.3423 ========================================================= 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).