The Metropolitan Museum of Art is closed on Mondays. The Louvre is closed Tuesdays. I think those are museums.... > -----Original Message----- > From: Kelly Bennett [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 10:38 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: visitor photography in museums > > You are not the only place that is closed on Monday. In fact most > Houston museums are closed on Mondays including us. Also we do not > allow photos. Fear not, you are not alone. We have to have at least > on day a week to fix things. > > On Jun 1, 2004, at 3:00 PM, Jill wrote: > > > Heather - > > > > You are *NOT* the only museum in the world that does not allow > > photography > > (flash or otherwise) in our galleries We certainly don't allow it and > > I've > > been almost nowhere where it WAS permitted. Of course, we have been > > told > > more than once that we are the only museum in the wold that dares to be > > closed on Monday, so what do I know? We are clearly behind the times. > > > > Jill R. Chancey, Curator > > Lauren Rogers Museum of Art > > Laurel, MS 39440 > > [log in to unmask] > > (phone) 601-649-6374 > > (fax) 601-428-8601 > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "heather smith" <[log in to unmask]> > > To: <[log in to unmask]> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 2:55 PM > > Subject: visitor photography in museums > > > > > >> Help! - I want to get advise about allowing photography in our museum > >> and > >> art gallery. For 25 years we have had a no photography rule. It just > > seemed > >> too complicated to allow flash photography of some things and not > >> others. > >> Then when modern flash didn't seem to be a big problem anymore the > >> complicated copyright issues became a new reason not to allow photos > >> to be > >> taken. Today we made a visitor from Washington State very unhappy > >> with us > >> because we would not allow him to take photographs - we are > >> apparently the > >> only museum in the world who is still not allowing photos to be taken > >> of > >> our exhibits. Is this true??? What are your policies out there?? > >> > >> ========================================================= > >> Important Subscriber Information: > >> > >> The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed > > information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail > > message > > to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read > > "help" > > (without the quotes). > >> > >> If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail > >> message to > > [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read > > "Signoff > > Museum-L" (without the quotes). > > > > ========================================================= > > Important Subscriber Information: > > > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed > > information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail > > message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message > > should read "help" (without the quotes). > > > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message > > to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read > > "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). > > > > > Kelly Bennett > Head Preparator > Blaffer Gallery > The Art Museum of the University of Houston > 713-743-9523 > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l- > faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by > sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The > body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to > [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read > "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).