Yes, we do that. It’s up to the discretion of our visitor services staff to some extent, but generally if people come in near the end of the day – say an hour or so before close – they are told that if they show their receipt the following day (which has a time and date stamp printed on it) they can come back the next day and see the rest of the museum or get a guided tour if they’ve missed the last one of the day without having to pay admission again.  

 

 

Kristine’s post made me wonder if anyone offers a “wrap around” admission – ie, come after a certain hour, and your admission is good for the end of that day and all of the next day.

 

We don’t – all our tours are guided, so you either make the last tour (one hour before closing) or you come back another day.

 

 

 

We stop selling admissions 45 minutes prior to closing. Sometimes people argue with us and want to get in for free if they come after that time, but it really does take more than 45 minutes to really enjoy the museum, so we invite them to “come back tomorrow”. Our hours of operation and admission sales are indicated on a large sign outside of our front entrance.

 

 

 

I’m wondering how others handle the sale of admissions as  your closing time approaches. 

1)      Do you sell admissions right up to the posted closing time, or do you cut off admissions prior to the posted time?  For example, if you close at 6, and someone walks in at 5:55, do you allow them through your museum? 

2)      If not, how long is the window when you do not sell admissions?

3)      If you cut admissions off prior to closing time, is that posted anywhere?

 

 

Christine Paige Diers

Executive Director, Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame                       

605.347.2001

999 Main Street, Sturgis, SD 57785

fax 605.720.0632

www.sturgismuseum.com

 

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