Along the same line as Bronwen said, "If you don't run your fingers over our vehicles, we won't run our vehicles over your fingers!" At the Aurora Regional Fire Museum we had signs on all our antique fire apparatus, that read, "I'm old, please don't climb on me!" - David - David Lewis -----Original Message----- From: Bronwen Sanders <[log in to unmask]> To: MUSEUM-L <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sat, Jun 30, 2018 12:27 pm Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Please Don't Touch You may not be able to use our signs, as they are transportation museum specific. Ours read, "If you don't run your fingers over our vehicles, we won't run our vehicles over your fingers! Please don't touch!". Usually makes visitors laugh, point the signs out to others in their group/family, and then we have less issue with people touching. Bronwen Anderson-Sanders, Mifflinburg Buggy Museum On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 3:14 PM, Kayla Altland <[log in to unmask]> wrote: I think the most effective exhibit I have seen was where the museum had a sample of different types of material that people could touch next to a sample they couldn’t. Wood, leather, etc that people could see the effects of how our collective oils build up over time. Also, recently at the Atlanta Botanical Garden by a sculpture I saw a sign that asked not to touch or climb, but encouraged them to dream or imagine. Sorry I can’t remember the exact language, but I’d try to reach out to someone there. It was good, though! Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 29, 2018, at 3:01 PM, Milissa Brooks-Ojibway <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I'm looking to steal someone's well-worded "Do Not Touch" label that succinctly explains why touching an artifact is bad, preferably something that addresses the human tendency to think "My [underline and italics here] hands are clean." > > ========================================================= > 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). -- Bronwen Anderson-Sanders, Executive Director Mifflinburg Buggy Museum 598 Green Street, Mifflinburg, PA 17844 570-966-1355 www.buggymuseum.org Get on the PATH - Preserve American Transportation History To unsubscribe from the MUSEUM-L list, click the following link: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-HOME.exe?SUBED1=MUSEUM-L&A=1 ========================================================= 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).