As an architect who does museum programming, planning, and design for new and renovated museums, I am quite interested in this subject. 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. Ann Trowbridge, AIA Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates [log in to unmask] 215-487-0400 215-487-2520 FAX