Forive the flippancy but when I worked in Exhibits we favored the development of a cutting lazer that would simply lop off any limbs, digits, appendages etc. that approached within 6 inches of an object. As a service, we were going to lable the exhibits with this device to warn the visitors. Those who don't read the lables would be a disadvantage of course. After a few demonstrations people would not only stop fingering the stuff but might even look at the lable text to find out if they were in immediate danger. >;> Just fantasizing! P. Strong >Colleagues: > >My museum is rethinking ways to keep the visitors at a reasonable distance >from paintings (or anything else hung on the walls). Possibilities >include curtain alarms, kick plates, (stanchions are kinda crude and heavy >handed for us), and metal bars coming up from the floor. What else is out >there? Could you please let me know what you use? If you don't have a >manufacturer/vendor name, could you please describe what you use? > >Also, A BIG FAVOR, PLEASE!....... > >Please respond directly to me at [log in to unmask] as I must sign off the >list for a few days since I will be away on a business trip. When I get >back, I will consolidate all responses and post back to the list. Thank >you very much (in advaance) for being obliging me on this one! > >Suzanne > >************ >Suzanne Quigley >Head Registrar, Collections and Exhibitions >Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum >1071 Fifth Avenue >New York, NY 10128 >212 423 3568 >fax: 212 423 3650 >email: [log in to unmask] Pat Strong Pre-program conservation studies [log in to unmask]