That's a damned clever ploy, Tish! Now if I can just lay my hands on one of those inflatable rubber tanks they used before D-Day in England to create a phantom army for George S. Patton, to confuse the enemy intelligence types, I could do the same thing! Hmmmmmmm. Harry Harry Needham Special Advisor - Program Development Canadian War Museum 330 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Canada K1A 0M8 Voice: (819) 776-8612 Fax (819) 776-8623 Email: [log in to unmask] > ---------- > From: Tish Morris[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Reply To: Museum discussion list > Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 1998 12:23 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Safety for Visitors > > This is a bit off your question, actually more related to Harry Needham's > situation. > > We have two bronze dinosaurs in front of our museum both by artist Dave > Thomas. One, (Pentaceratops) is meant for climbing and is surrounded by > sand. This has been great to reduce accidents/injuries. Now and again > visitors drag rocks under the dinosaur to help them get up on it, but we > move them away so any fall will be on the sand only. I know of only one > chipped tooth we have had since its 1984 installation. The other dinosaur > (Albertosaurus) was designed to be difficult to climb, and I have only > heard of a few late night climbers, and none of those have fallen and sued > us! > > Tish Morris > New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science > > +--------------------------------------+ > Tish Morris > [log in to unmask] > +--------------------------------------+ >