>snip: > >>One recent success in the area of seating in circulation space is the >>so-called >>"husband bench" I included in an alcove at the entrance to the museum >>shop in our additions to the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego. > > >Ms. Trowbridge: > >Could you please describe this "husband bench," with which I am unfamiliar? > >Sincerely, >Bill > > A "husband bench," as my understanding goes, is a bench situated outside shops, especially material and craft stores where the bored husbands, boyfriends, etc sit while the wives, girlfriends shop. Good idea IMO ;) Emily J. Van Museum Science Research Librarian Museum Science Grad Student Museum of Texas Tech University [log in to unmask]