We allow non-flash photography anywhere in our museum except in galleries that contain traveling exhibitions and flash photography nowhere. Sue Bodemer Operations Manager Rockwell Museum of Western Art 111 Cedar St. Corning, NY 14830 607-937-5386 (museum main number) 607-974-4162 (direct line) 607-974-4536 (fax) [log in to unmask] www.rockwellmuseum.org -----Original Message----- From: Museum discussion list [ mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of heather smith Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 3:55 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: visitor photography in museums Help! - I want to get advise about allowing photography in our museum and art gallery. For 25 years we have had a no photography rule. It just seemed too complicated to allow flash photography of some things and not others. Then when modern flash didn't seem to be a big problem anymore the complicated copyright issues became a new reason not to allow photos to be taken. Today we made a visitor from Washington State very unhappy with us because we would not allow him to take photographs - we are apparently the only museum in the world who is still not allowing photos to be taken of our exhibits. Is this true??? What are your policies out there?? ========================================================= 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).