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Emmie Enochs posted a new Topic
Friday, Aug 30, 2024 at 11:52 AM
Field Trip Chaperone Policies and Expectations
Hello wonderful world of Children's Museums!
I am from the Discovery Center at Murfree Spring in Tennessee. I'd consider us a medium-size museum as we've been operating for around 38 years now and our square footage is smaller, but our program offerings are large scale.
I reach out to the hive mind to ask about your Field Trip chaperone policies and expectations. We want to find new ways for our chaperones to engage with the students, hands-on exhibits, and guided program...
I am from the Discovery Center at Murfree Spring in Tennessee. I'd consider us a medium-size museum as we've been operating for around 38 years now and our square footage is smaller, but our program offerings are large scale.
I reach out to the hive mind to ask about your Field Trip chaperone policies and expectations. We want to find new ways for our chaperones to engage with the students, hands-on exhibits, and guided program...
Jennifer Uhl posted a reply on Re: Purchase Orders Process
Thursday, Aug 29, 2024 at 3:59 PM
Said: We use a Google form with the Form Mule extension. Form Mule allows us to route the requests to different emails based on which level is approving and whether it is approved or denied. A request has to be approved by a supervisor and th...
Langley Lease posted a reply on Re: Interior Children's Museum Signage
Thursday, Aug 29, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Said: Hi Haylee - I would definitely recommend less is more at the beginning for wayfinding signage. We have been open since September 2021, and are still constantly removing, moving, adding wayfinding and other general instructi...
Kaia-Joye Wesolowski posted a reply on Re: Interior Children's Museum Signage
Wednesday, Aug 28, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Said: Definitely a great question that we are still wrestling with! Happy to share our experience with STEAM exhibit signage and our lessons learned over the past few years. We are a play-based STEAM museum that opened about 8 ye...
Katie Trausch posted a reply on Re: Interior Children's Museum Signage
Tuesday, Aug 27, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Said: Hi Haylee! This is an excellent question. I'm the Director of Operations at the Modesto Children's Museum in Central California. We just opened a year ago and I agonized over our interior signage for too long. We started with a huge...
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