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Eileen Marriott posted a new Topic
Friday, Aug 21, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Museum Entrance Doors - Looking for Peer Feedback
Hi all,
We are in the final stages of designing improvements to our main entrance and are trying to reconcile our operational concerns with our architect’s recommendation for how the new ADA automatic doors should operate. I would really value some feedback from museum peers about what has worked, or not worked, at your entrances.
We are considering two approaches:
- Independent directional operation: Each door operates inde...
Valerie Coffman posted a reply on Re: Closing outdoor spaces - lightning notifica...
Friday, Aug 21, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Said: Following this thread as we will also have about 10,000 square feet of outdoor space. Harper, did you work individually with schools or with the broader school district? Would you be willing to share your protocols as a ref...
Hannah Lally posted a reply on Re: Closing outdoor spaces - lightning notifica...
Friday, Aug 21, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Said: As a lifeguard, we always used WeatherBug. You can set alerts based on your location. Accuweather also has a good tracking map, but I'm not sure if you can enable alert notifications for that one.
Harper Jocque posted a reply on Re: Closing outdoor spaces - lightning notifica...
Friday, Aug 21, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Said: We have a large outdoor space and use My Lightning Tracker & Alerts by JRustonApps B.V. that can alert at whatever distance you set. We have a large metal play structure that closes when lightning is further away according to the gu...
Victoria Neff posted a reply on Re: Closing outdoor spaces - lightning notifica...
Friday, Aug 21, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Said: We don't have an outdoor space, but have found the app WeatherBug to be useful. It notifies of lightening strikes within 10 miles.
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