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I'll save time and respond to two items:
We have a sign that works well for us. It reads "If you do not run your
fingers over our vehicles, we will not run our vehicles over your fingers.
Please no touching.". It gets a laugh, it gets spouses to elbow each other
and it sets the tone that we want visitors to have fun, but not to touch.
We also remind people as we enter the historic building on the guided tour
portion of their visit not to touch, pick up, lean on anything (unless they
brought it with them). This too gets a laugh and helps to reinforce the
message.
The Museum also has a portable panic alarm. It is kept at the front desk
but worn by any volunteer who feels the "need", it clips into a waistband.
It can be used for medical emergencies as well as personal safety. We got
it as part of an alarm overhaul when the technician suggested it. This has
worked particularly well for my older women docents who are leery of giving
guided tours to single men. And only had it "tested" once, (very) temporary
employee pushed the button, because it said "PUSH".
Bronwen Sanders, Mifflinburg Buggy Museum
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kimberly Kenney, Curator" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 1:54 PM
Subject: [MUSEUM-L] "a museum is not a playground" language
Would anyone like to share the language you use in tour maps or on signs to
help educate your visitors about how to behave in a museum?
Also, how do staff and volunteers at your museum address inappropriate
behavior? Do you have a phrase that seems to work well? What are the
consequences of bad behavior?
Thanks!
Kim
Kimberly A. Kenney, Curator
Wm. McKinley Presidential Library & Museum
800 McKinley Monument Dr. NW
Canton OH 44708 * 330-455-7043 * Visit our NEW WEBSITE at
http://www.mckinleymuseum.org
"Let us ever remember that our interests are in concord, not conflict;
and that our real eminence rests in the victories of peace, not those of
war." -- 25th United States President William McKinley
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