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
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<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