Greetings, I don't have alot of museum experience, but I do have a ton of computer experience. YES! THE PEOPLE WILL PLAY WITH THE KNOBS AND BREAK THEM!! Now that that is out of my system...The best way to do this is to use a kiosk system. These are systems that are made for high traffic areas, i.e. malls etc, everything is locked up except for a very durable keyboard or trackball, and ventalation for the monitor is built in. There are companies that rent these, and since they are just PCs in a fancy box, any software you were planning to run should be fine. Some have a touch screen monitor, which means that nothing is exposed. The ads in the back of most decent PC magazines should point the way. Hope it helps. Reid Heidi Anderson <[log in to unmask]> wrote in article <[log in to unmask]>... > Hello all museum-l'ers out there. I have a question for y'all. > I am currently helping to plan an exhibit that will use a variety of > interactive displays, one of which will be the use of computers. My question > is: How should the computers be displayed? Would it be ok for the monitors > and trackballs to sit on a table with the CPU's locked up in a cabinet close by > or should the monitors be housed? Personally I think they should be enclosed > in some kind of case so that visitors can't play with dials and buttons visible > on the front of the monitors, but to save expense, the exhibit designer thinks > they will be ok alone on the table. What do y'all think? > Thanks for your help > Heidi > > > Heidi L. Anderson > The Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Collections Assistant > [log in to unmask] >