Here is something I am thinking and writing about and wonder what people's reaction to this is and if anyone knows of programs that foster this kind of behavior in museums intentionally. -- If we believe that congruent behvior is part of human need, then one of the things that all museum locations offer is an opportunity for people to be with and see other people. Why not make that a virtue? Why not introduce program that capitalizes on human interaction? -- There seems to be a growing if intuitive feeling that in order for civility to predominate, we, as citizens, must blance individualism with group adherence and independence with compliance. We must celebrate diligence and discipline as we celebrate spontaneity and individual creativity. We must not allow repression but neither can we condone chaos. -- Museum will have to change a great deal if they are to be truly welcoming to all. Yet museums have a core purpose inherently important to our joint survival. It is not (as you might automatically think) that museums have collections, but rather that museums are one of our acknowledged "institutions of memory" and we all need to be rooted in our collective past as well as willing to face our collection future. -- Museums can capitalize on their place in the community. They can, if they wish, enhance, foster and celebrate the congregant behavior that happens within its walls. Museum in making a safe space for all will then be adding to the safety of the whole community.