I was given the task a long time ago to create a series of loan boxes for
teachers to borrow for various grade levels and on various topics.

I have been stumbling around in the dark, put one together, had some Pre-K
teachers I know try it out, got their feedback, and have been revising,
rearranging, etc.

I was *so* happy when someone pointed out the ones that the Issaquah
historical folks have. It was great to look at someone else's instead of
continuing to  stumble and bumble in the dark.

What I've realized was that my boxes are heavy on books, light on objects.
Are everyone else's focused on objects? Part of that I think was I was
shown the Educator's Library and told "go forth and create loan boxes."

What do other places charge for borrowing their loan boxes?

Our gift shop manager doesn't like the idea of me including books in the
box -- they're either out of print or books that she carries I pointed out
-- so I came up with the idea of including a coupon for a discount in the
gift shop for teachers and she liked that. (She also pointed out that doing
outreaches doesn't get warm bodies into the gift shop: she said a cigarette
girl needs to go along with the outreach guy. :-) ) Does anyone else do
this? How about a discount if you bring the class in for a tour after
borrowing the box?


--- Amy West
Museum Educator
Higgins Armory Museum
100 Barber Ave.
Worcester, MA 01606

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