Greetings-- While browsing the archives I discovered interesting discussions of how museums handle visitors tipping museum staff with cash. At our museum, we encounter not only cash tips, but also visitors who give our staff (such as friendly, helpful security gaurds, docents, or museum store staff) tokens such as hats, commemorative coins, or other items. These items all relate directly to our museum's mission (that is, they relate to atomic history) and would possibly have been considered for inclusion in the collections had they been offered through our curators or management staff. Does your museum have a written policy dealing with this? If a gift recipient does not offer to turn their gift over to the museum, how does one approach them about doing so(if at all)? All advice/observations are appreciated. My thanks in advance! Vanya Scott, Registrar Atomic Testing Museum 755 E. Flamingo Road Las Vegas, NV 89119-7363 702-794-5142 (voice) 70s-794-5155 (fax) 702-794-5155 ========================================================= 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).