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Brianna Borka posted a reply on Re: Assisting families with transitions?
Monday, Apr 28, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Said: I think the music might help some of our regular guests. We're small enough that we just go around and verbally tell guests when there is about 10 minutes until closing, but having a consistent auditory and possibly visual (we have some...
Ariana Bachechi posted a reply on Re: Assisting families with transitions?
Monday, Apr 28, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Said: I am pretty new to children's museums, so others probably have better advice for throughout the day. One thing that we do though that I've noticed helps adults start helping with the transition to leaving is play music at the end of the...
Brianna Borka posted a new Topic
Friday, Apr 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Assisting families with transitions?
I was wondering if anyone has any strategies that have been helpful when a guest has had a child struggling with transitioning either from one activity to another, or more usually, from playing to leaving.
I'm talking in particular when the struggle involves one or more kids in a family group having really big feelings, running away from their adult back into other parts of the museum, sometimes hitting their adult, yelling or screaming, etc. We're a small museum, one floor ...
I'm talking in particular when the struggle involves one or more kids in a family group having really big feelings, running away from their adult back into other parts of the museum, sometimes hitting their adult, yelling or screaming, etc. We're a small museum, one floor ...
Jackie Hobbins posted a reply on Re: ISO Countertop Cash Register
Friday, Apr 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Said: We have a National Cash Register 100 series register, model 126. It's from the 1940's and people really love it. I have several now in case one seizes up. The photos below show the first one I bought off Ebay, and the one on the floor n...
Susan Buck posted a new Topic
Thursday, Apr 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Printed Newsletters
We are revising our newsletter and looking for new ideas and layouts that have worked well for other museums. Currently, we print a newsletter every 2 months that covers our weekly Art Studio activities and upcoming programming as well as general information including birthday parties, membership, etc. It is a colorful, 2-sided, 11x17 folded printout. Please share your printed newsletter to help us gather ideas. If you want to email a copy to me directly instead of posting, I am at skbuc...
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