At 08:54 AM 10/13/97 CST, you wrote: >Dear list members; > >I have a question regarding exhibits. Has anyone had any experience >with the placement of gift shop merchandise cases (platforms and vitrines) >within or adjacent to exhibits? What is the general opinion of this >practice? TIA. > > >Susan G. Denney >Assistant Curator of History >Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum >WTAMU Box 967 >Canyon, Texas 79016 >[log in to unmask] <y personal reaction is that placing merchandise cases within or next to exhibits is inappropriate. Recently I visited a Canadian museum with a great reputation and was disturbed to find that in order to exit an exhibit, I had to pass through a gift shop. > > William S. Hanable